<scarcasm on>you'd find the shark salesperson at the opposite end of the street from where the rock-star developers live<sarcasm off>
look, I'm trying not to be snarky and everyone is entitled to get the best value from co-founders they can find but after observing Startup Weekends, in my view, most people wanting to start an enterprise are your normal average Joe with perhaps a bit more ambition than wage slaves. People like Steve Jobs are not the norm (see book Outliers) and hearsay that having him or Gates as a boos was a stressful occupation. There's a reason why a well balanced sports team can outperform a bunch of individual all-stars. Perhaps it is trite but at end of the day, people have to get along so if the selection criteria is hunger (aka greed) then wouldn't personal chemistry and shared values take a back-seat? I think I'd like to make a distinction between passion (as in Guy Kawasaki) and hunger, and sure I've met people who could sell ice to Eskimos but doesn't mean I could stand them as say flatmate. Perhaps this is worth some reflection, what values or traits are important as a co-founder(s) irregardless whether sales/tech apart from role performance. On Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:58:43 UTC+13, David Lye wrote: > > Hello everybody! > > I have a new exciting venture that I want to get off the ground. There's > already been a lot of work put into it such as: > > 1) web platform built > 2) payment gateway up and running > 3) market identified > 4) product already acquired > > But what it really needs is someone to run the business. Someone who's > prepared to live and breathe the project for a period of 6-12 months to see > whether it can really be a great success as I feel it can. That person > must be able to work pretty much autonomously but mainly from our office in > Chatswood, Sydney and the main gig will be selling the product to the > market - mainly by phone/email but also in person from time to time. > > That's all I really want to go into publically but this really is an > exciting prospect. It will likely either boom or bust. > > Here's what boom looks like: > > In two years time, the company employs 3 full-time people and has revenues > of nearly $2m, EBIT of $1m. You are the CEO with a significant equity > stake and profit share and some company buys us out for tens of millions. > > Bust looks like this: > > After 6 months we're still struggling and despite the concept stacking up, > we just can't get the customers to signup. We (you) try all sorts of > different angles and strategy but it just doesn't work. The project is > shelved. However you would still have been well-paid throughout and have > gained great experience whilst having heaps of fun. > > So the financial risk is all with us. Everything else is ready. You can > hit the ground running. But it needs someone driven and focussed to get it > off the ground as well as an enthusiastic sales-based mentality. > > So... sorry for the long blurb. If you are keen, please give me a shout > and we'll have a chat! > > Thanks > > David > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
