http://www.technotheory.com/2011/01/pitching-your-startup-when-youre-not-the-founder-dont-be-this-guydont-let-people-know-your-babys-ugly/ Time-saving reflections on lifehacking, social media, and technology. Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:20:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://www.technotheory.com/2011/01/pitching-your-startup-when-youre-not-the-founder-dont-be-this-guydont-let-people-know-your-babys-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-79227 Steve Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:17:31 +0000 http://www.technotheory.com/2011/01/pitching-your-startup-when-youre-not-the-founder-dont-be-this-guydont-let-people-know-your-babys-ugly/#comment-79227 Yep, and I want to reiterate the last bit that it holds for everyone and for companies of all sizes and stages. From the last few big companies I've worked at it was a real problem. People doing the work were either not sold on the vision or just never knew what it was, and the quality of work suffered as a result. Much easier to get people to build great products when they *want* to build a great product instead of just showing up for work every day... Yep, and I want to reiterate the last bit that it holds for everyone and for companies of all sizes and stages. From the last few big companies I’ve worked at it was a real problem. People doing the work were either not sold on the vision or just never knew what it was, and the quality of work suffered as a result. Much easier to get people to build great products when they *want* to build a great product instead of just showing up for work every day…

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