Finding a programmer to work with if you don't already know one will be a challenge. Merely judging if a programmer is exceptional vs. competent will be very hard if you are not one yourself. When you do find someone, work together informally for a while to test your compatibility.

Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality.

Finding a programmer to work with if you don't already know one will be a challenge. Merely judging if a programmer is exceptional vs. competent will be very hard if you are not one yourself. When you do find someone, work together informally for a while to test your compatibility.

Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

You've got to say you are a step ahead of where you actually are to move to the step that you want to be at.

Investors, most of them, have a herd mentality. They want to invest only if other people are investing