Entrepreneur Looking for Technical Partner

The title of this blog

It was really hot and I had the air-conditioner blasting. I forgot to turn it off, so there's background noise in this video. I apologize!

My answering machine

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I am making the news

I really had no idea what I was getting into. As it turns out, I am doing Recruiting 2.0. Yes! I think that's right. And boy is there more to come, now that I'm thinking about it.

I'll keep you posted on this, but here's what I see so far. There's a post on the Wired Blog which I'm really excited about:

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/recruiting_20_f.html

On Mr. Biggs' One Powerful World:
http://onepowerfulword.blogspot.com/2007/05/entrepreneurs-quest.html

Please Digg the Wired post! 

I'm going to start a blog for all things tech around LA

Founders must give up control

Found this very interesting tidbit at Mark Fletcher's WingedPig.com:
http://www.wingedpig.com/archives/2004/08/giving_up_169.html

As an employee climbing the corporate ladder at a company, it's all about getting more. More responsibility, more control, a larger salary, a bigger title. However, the exact opposite is true when you start a company. A big part of starting and building a company is about giving up. A founder is in a weird position. When you first start a company, everything is yours. You own all the stock, you make all the decisions. This point of creation is the only time this will be the case, however. Forever after, the founder must give up more and more control to other people and more and more ownership to employees, investors, etc. The founder must do this for the company to be successful, but at the same time this is the opposite of what many people are used to doing.

Very smart man, this Mark Fletcher is.

Goodbye Privacy

Craigslist job posting

I've started this blog as one of the ways to fascilitate my search of a technical co-founder. The following is the latest version of my job posting on Craigslist. I think the posting's all right, if you have any suggestions on how to improve it, please let me know in your comments. Thanks :)

* * * Web Architect for Web 2.0 Startup * * *

Seeking a brilliant Web Architect / Engineer to lead the technology of an internet startup that has the potential to redefine e-commerce and the way we shop.

This is an opportunity to be a part of a business with a huge growth potential and a solid business model. This is not another “me too” internet startup with minimal value creation and a flimsy ad-revenue based model. This is a chance to join a company from the start, build something that will have an impact and realize your full potential.

You must be highly ambitious, have a passion for technology and have a burning desire to start a company. Key qualities include focus, ability to prioritize, persistence, desire to work hard, and flexibility in achieving business and technical goals. Your drive and potential may be more important than the specific experience you may have had.

Technical skills needed:

•  Experience with scalable consumer web applications

•  Ability to design and deploy a complete new architecture from ground up

•  Ability to investigate and offer creative technical solutions to technical and business problems

•  Ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies

•  Familiarity with e-commerce, web services and data integration

Compensation:

You will receive founder equity.

Please reply with a summary of your experience, accomplishments and/or a resume, and include a note about your personal and professional goals.

 

Thank you.

 

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