Comments on: What my short-lived experiment with Precimark can teach you http://gigaom.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jimmychu0807 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180921 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:31:41 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180921 I agree with what you said. People is THE key in startup. A startup need to have smart, dedicated people who commit to the same goal.

While hiring full time is good, a startup may not have much resources to hire enough full-time to help out. And hiring freelancers you need to manage them and communicate even more with them to make sure they are on the same page with you. So that’s kind of a dilemma.

Thanks for sharing your insights with us, Paras. Wish you the best in your next endeavor.

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Thanks for reading my article.

Since “Online collaboration does not happen” seems to be the most controversial point, let me clarify it a bit.

While online collaboration may have its own merits, it is does not get the job done in a faster, and better way when compared to traditional white-board assisted team work. From an evolutionary perspective (I have studied biology, so let me delve into it a bit), humans have always interacted without any interfering medium (such as a computer). We even hunted for food in packs (which required team work and collaboration) without a computer.

This phenomenon of online interaction is a very new one and human brain has not adapted to it as of now. So, good-old traditional collaboration is still the best.

And hiring part timers for a startup is a really bad idea. I say it with experience. They never give their 100% to the startup as they already have a backup.

Regards,
Paras Chopra

]]> By: gsharma http://gigaom.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180919 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:31:33 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180919 Thanks for sharing your findings. I agree with most of the things.

“Online collaboration does not happen. It is next to impossible. Either the team should work at a same physical location or there should not be a team altogether.”

I do not agree with this statement. Online Collaboration has its own challenges, but is not that difficult to get things working.

Hiring part-timers is not a bad idea as long as everyone is on same page about their hours and work expected.

I would like to add that it is very important to choose the co-founders. You need to find co-founders who are as dedicated to the start-up as you are. A lot of people (generally your friends) get excited when they hear the idea and see the product/service through your eyes. I think it is helpful to have several meetings discussing the product, goals, approach with the co-founders before you ask them to jump into the start up with you.

Gaurav
gsharma.com

]]> By: ckieff1 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180918 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:10:23 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/09/24/what-my-short-lived-experiment-with-precimark-can-teach-you/#comment-180918 I agree with these lessons about entrepreneurship. In my blog I talk about how you can be successful one day, and then crashing down the next.

Love your writing

Mark

http://www.msco.com/blog

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