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Stories of successful founders who can't code

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Stories of successful founders who can't code

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Product Hunt

I like the unique infographic presentation, @samparr and team, although I'm honestly not a fan of the tagline, "Stories of successful founders who can't code." Although a clear descriptor, no one wants to be described as "not" something (the same reason why I avoid the term "non-technical"). I wrote about this topic and the importance of roles outside of engineering a while back. Maybe "don't code" would be more apt but now I'm just splitting hairs. I don't get hung up on other's PC diction. 😄

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11yr ago

Hampton

Maker

I think that's solid feedback @rrhoover and I don't disagree with ya. Too be honest, we're still tinkering with our tagline and identity. Hustle Con and Hustle Con Stories started as a way to talk about non-technical founders but has since morphed into this platform to discuss all things non-technical about running a company. So regardless if the person doesn't code (or can't code) or if they're a full on engineer, we are becoming the place to discuss strategies to building cool things. Kinda like a startup MBA except taught by interesting founders. Know what I mean?

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11yr ago

CryptoPoops

@rrhoover @thesamparr I'd never thought about it before, but "non-technical" does kind of assume a "coding, then everything else" mindset. What is the non-exclusive version of the set of roles at a company who don't code? Is there one? "Business people" is so vague as to become useless, and I don't think it would even properly cover everyone. I do like "who don't code" because it focuses on role rather than ability. I also don't see the need to specifically exclude founders who DO code, as long as they [description of hustled here]... Maybe just something like "stories of successful founders who beat the odds"

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11yr ago

Origami

@samparr @rrhoover I hate to disagree, but from what I hear when I talk to founders, there are some entrepreneurs who feel that their problem is that they can't code. That tagline speaks to the way they're feeling and almost makes adds a sense of pride to it.

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11yr ago

Product Hunt

Fair point, @andrewwarner. I'm sure many people don't care about the term, "non-technical" but when describing, someone I try to focus on someone's abilities and area of focus (marketer, designer, salesperson, product manager, etc.). There's a lot of focus on being technical (explicitly and implicitly) but ultimately you need to execute well in more than just engineering to build a successful company (of course).

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11yr ago

Hunter

I agree with @andrewwarner that the fact these speakers are "non-technical" probably has some element of appeal to many founders. But I also agree with @rrhoover that I'm not a fan of the "founders who CAN'T code" tagline — I spoke at Hustlecon last year; I don't spend much time coding, that's not because I "can't" code - it's just that I find I'm really slow at it and so only really code if I'm hacking around with something. Maybe "non-engineer founder" could be better?

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11yr ago

@thesamparr are your designers using any specific services to put these infographics together, or is it all custom designed in photoshop?

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11yr ago

Hampton

Maker

@massarogi @jmhav does them all on photoshop.

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11yr ago

RankedVote

This is great! I attended the initial HustleCon event two years back and thought it was excellent. Great, actionable advice that's more about building businesses than building code. I'm happy to see all the progress @thesamparr and @ericbahn have made since then. These infographics are basically the event sessions distilled down to their essence. Once again...great work!

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11yr ago

Raise Millions Book

@thesamparr @tadmilbourn We gotta feature Tad at some point in one of these stories.

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11yr ago

Hampton

Maker

@tadmilbourn @ericbahn If I remember correctly, Tad didn't you start a pretty cool company after HC? I thought I read about it in Techcrunch. Right?

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11yr ago

RankedVote

@ericbahn @thesamparr Yup. Tiempo (http://www.tiempoapp.com). It was the seed of an idea at HustleCon. I was there with a @kkilat who is now my cofounder. We since went through YC (the same batch as Product Hunt) and are cranking away (both coders and non-coders). Don't want to hijack the thread, but we've got some great stuff coming over the next month.

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11yr ago

Raise Millions Book

@thesamparr @kkilat @tadmilbourn Tiempo is freaking incredible. Going to revolutionize the contractor payment space. Plus @tadmilbourn and @kkilat are amazing.

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11yr ago

Hampton

Maker

By the way, my partners in crime with Hustle Con Stories and Hustle Con are John Havel (designer extraordinaire), Eric Bahn (founder of beatthegmat) and Elizabeth Yin (founder of launchbit).

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11yr ago

Startup TV

@thesamparr Thanks for creating these. I'm sure it takes significant effort to put these together. They're very informative.

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11yr ago

Hampton

Maker

@erictwillis Happy you like them! @jmhav was actually the one who created the site and did all of the design work. He was the brains behind it. He pays so much attention to detail it's not even funny. At first it'd take us about three days to make them. Now he can do it in one sitting. I go out, interview the founders, get the info, we work together to nail down the story, then he pounds out the design in one day. It's amazing to watch,

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11yr ago

Hunter

These guys are killing it with the infographic stories that they're putting out. They're some of the most informative/in depth researched background stories I've seen.

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11yr ago