Technical Cofounding 101

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Technical cofounding 101 Finding and working with a technical cofounder.

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Hi, I am Steve Ringo [email protected] @stevenringo

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What is a technical cofounder?

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I’ll let you in on a secret

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You don’t need a technical cofounder

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You don’t need a technical cofounder*

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If not having a technical cofounder is preventing you from progressing, you’re doing it wrong.

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What stage? Idea Launch OMG!

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Minimum Viable Product

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Idea Launch OMG! Technical skill/capacity required

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Technical Business • Business Model • Marketing • Sales • Acquisition • Customer development etc. • Feasibility • Basics

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You are gambling

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The dating game

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Start manually

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‣ Wireframes ‣ Surveys ‣ Interviews ‣ Mockups ‣ Simulations ‣ etc.

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‣ SaaS ‣ Tumblr ‣ Wordpress ‣ Dropbox ‣ Surveymonkey ‣ Mailchimp ‣ Analytics ‣ Mechanical Turk

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Learn some of the technical ropes

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Understand the technical challenges a cofounder might face

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You don’t need a technical cofounder necessarily ^

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Outsource to get a head start

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Don’t outsource your core competency

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Do outsource before you’re competent

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Don’t be ready to part with your equity too early

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You can buy a solution

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*not a real one, anyway :-) You can’t buy a cofounder*

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Hangouts

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Technical events

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User groups

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Speed dating events

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Managing Software Projects

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Thin slices

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Complete & deploy each one ﬁrst before starting the next

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Drawing interface Complete & deploy each one ﬁrst before starting the next

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Drawing interface Sharing & Inviting Complete & deploy each one ﬁrst before starting the next

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Drawing interface Sharing & Inviting Enhancements. Colours and undo Complete & deploy each one ﬁrst before starting the next

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Drawing interface Sharing & Inviting Enhancements. Colours and undo Publishing and replay Complete & deploy each one ﬁrst before starting the next

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Issue tracking system

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Asset & source control

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Finding Waldo

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“clicking”

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nous & passion

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Good understanding of how technology impacts the business and vice versa

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Broad understanding of all issues of software development, deployment and management