Comments on: 5 Reasons you don’t want to partner with an “Idea Guy” http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/ Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.11 By: admin http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-32 Sun, 20 May 2007 17:19:16 +0000 http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-32 Hey Sergui- Hehe– Yaw, everyone has ideas. I just think there is something dangerous about someone who describes themselves, first and foremost, as an “Idea Guy”. I’d much rather partner with someone who described themselves as a “coder with good ideas” or a “sales guru with good ideas” or somesuch.

I mentioned in another post a quote about startups that essentially said that building a startup is like jumping off a cliff and trying to build an airplane on the way down. A pure-play “idea guy” doesn’t add a lot to the process (and oftentimes can be a distraction).

]]> By: Sergiu http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-31 Sun, 20 May 2007 07:04:51 +0000 http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-31 Though there are idea guys and idea guys. The first ones are the ones described by you. The second ones are startup founders who already work at those or others ideas probably. I have a lot of ideas but I already have a plan under development and it includes a few of those ideas. What do I do with the rest? Well, I’m not afraid of sharing them with others who might be interested in founding startups, that’s why I also consider myself an Idea guy. Though I’ve never said mine are better than the others. :)

]]> By: Dharmesh Shah http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-30 Sat, 19 May 2007 18:19:37 +0000 http://www.tonywright.com/2007/5-reasons-you-dont-want-to-partner-with-an-idea-guy/#comment-30 Could not agree with you more.

I particularly like your sentiment that everyone in a startup needs to be building something.

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