ssylee

This is a question re: startups.

I read from literature that important people hate having their time wasted (it's worth more than anything else). If you have something to contribute that's of use to both you and the person you're trying to talk to, how would you reassure that this fear will not happen for them?

Thanks in advance!

I've read this article of PG's: http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html

However, when it comes down to describing folks as "animals," I still don't understand the tests aside from understanding them as being obsessive with what they do. How would you test if someone is an "animal" and why that specific metric?

Thanks in advance!

Thought it may be appropriate here, as there must have been startup founders who are close to that situation. Here's the context. It's not for myself, but a friend who's in this situation right now.

<p>He graduated with an applied physics bachelor's degree 2 years ago. He's had some instrumentation design and support experience, but it's not like these skills are sought after much here (after all, most of it is outsourced to Foxconn these days), and these kinds of jobs are unlikely to be landed quickly. He can drive. He's had some C, C++, and Matlab programming experience, but there isn't much of these opportunities these days. Even if they do show up, he probably can't beat out the competition from various experience levels for the job vacancy. He has only 1 month of runway left.<p>What would you do in his shoes? Glad to hear your suggestions. Thanks in advance.

I'm thinking of learning how to use it in order to document my project ideas better than a list of descriptions. I've been exploring of offering my skills with Balsamiq as a service for perhaps other aspiring entrepreneurs or business owners who want to launch a new product. However, I have no idea whether people would want to pay money to someone taking care of this for them. What are your thoughts as a Hacker News community member, especially at the forefront as early adopters?

Thanks in advance!