Where do I start on finding technological wizards to make my digital media concepts reality?
I’ve been an early stage employee at a few startups, and I’ve founded a couple of startups myself. I’ve also raised money for a startup I founded, and I’m currently in the process of founding another. So hopefully this isn’t male answer syndrome talking. Here’s what I learned: You need a partner who is technical if your business is technical and you are not. Your partner must believe in the idea enough to work for equity. There are a couple of reasons for this, but it mostly comes down to ‘skin in the game.’ (the reverse is also true if you are technical) An NDA is worthless. No one worth talking to will sign it, anyone who signs it will either not have enough worth taking to prevent them from breaking it, or have so much money that they can out lawyer you. Ideas are worthless, implementation counts. Your ideas are not special or unique. The sooner you get over this the better. Tell as many people about your idea as possible; get as much feedback as possible. This more than anything el
