[barnsweetman]

Looking for a badass business development partner to help get a web development/ marketing company off the ground. If you've seen it on the web, chances are I know how to build it or I'm motivated enough to figure it out.

Obviously I specialize in websites, but lately I've been drawn to more marketing strategies through web development, social marketing, email marketing, etc, etc. Been building websites for a few years now, doing everything from design to development to marketing, a bit of everything.

I'm a go getter type of person. I'm looking for a guy who can walk into mid-sized companies, smile, and sell this stuff. Then we'd move to more income generating larger companies and plan from there. There is ALOT of money in this.

I'm already doing this stuff with a great Atlanta based data-driven marketing company, but want to move into the realms of building something from the ground up.

View my site at PictureskDesign dot com

Email me at barn.sweetman at pictureskdesign dot come

Thanks!

[jessica34]

Hello
Running a business isn't easy. With customers to deal with, clients contacting you at any hour of the day, products to maintain and possibly even staff to manage, operating a business is very intensive. Before you begin anything, consider whether or not you really want to be in business. Running a business isn't for everyone -- you may be technically minded, but running a profitable business is a different thing altogether. Look at the market leaders -- Google, for example, is managed by three people: two technically minded founders, plus an experienced professional in the business-oriented role of CEO. Still, if you have an idea, and you really want to go into business with it, don't give up now. You just might it make it big!

Another important issue you will have to deal with is time, or a lack thereof! With school, work, and everything in between, you could soon find yourself trying to get through 30 hours of work every day. Running a business is more often than not a full time job, and at some point, something's got to give. Think about where you want to go in life, and make your decisions accordingly. For example, you could be part of a sporting team, or you could go into business, but you probably can't do both. Often co-curricular and non-school (where applicable) involvements are the first to go; to maintain your social involvement, consider attending user groups, where you can also network and create opportunities for your business.

[UK-AL]

Originally Posted by jessica34

Hello
Running a business isn't easy. With customers to deal with, clients contacting you at any hour of the day, products to maintain and possibly even staff to manage, operating a business is very intensive. Before you begin anything, consider whether or not you really want to be in business. Running a business isn't for everyone -- you may be technically minded, but running a profitable business is a different thing altogether. Look at the market leaders -- Google, for example, is managed by three people: two technically minded founders, plus an experienced professional in the business-oriented role of CEO. Still, if you have an idea, and you really want to go into business with it, don't give up now. You just might it make it big!

Another important issue you will have to deal with is time, or a lack thereof! With school, work, and everything in between, you could soon find yourself trying to get through 30 hours of work every day. Running a business is more often than not a full time job, and at some point, something's got to give. Think about where you want to go in life, and make your decisions accordingly. For example, you could be part of a sporting team, or you could go into business, but you probably can't do both. Often co-curricular and non-school (where applicable) involvements are the first to go; to maintain your social involvement, consider attending user groups, where you can also network and create opportunities for your business.

I will think you find the Eric Schmidt(The ceo of google), was originally a engineer. Technically minded people make excellent business leaders since they know how to cut crap and talk with the numbers.

[brokemet]

Ideal business partners will build the effective working force in a business so you have to be sensitive in choosing those fit to your target. To help you think, here are some characteristics that will identify an ideal business partner:

1. The person must share the core values of the business or organization. These are the values which determine how the organization interacts, communicates and operates to reach it goals and objectives.

2. The person should not need to be “managed”. When building your core team you need to find those individuals who are confident in their own abilities. If you are the more experienced partner then most definitely you will provide some guidance along the way.

3. The passion to become the best at what they do. There was a IT company which I was a part of a couple of years ago which was developing inventory management systems for the paper industry. Being a startup company we were naturally bootstrapping and couldn’t hire the best developers.

4. Understand the difference between a job and holding a responsibility. This tip has helped me greatly in making some key decisions in recruiting partners. Say you are going to be hiring a developer for a new website to collect feedback for your product. You get the best coder in town to make it for you.

5. Would you hire the person if it were a hiring decision? This question allows you to look at the person from a different angle. Given that you know a substantial amount of the person would you hire him/her? When I get to meet people outside the workplace say at my squash game or at a charity that I volunteer at, you get to know a lot about the individual.

[barnsweetman]

Thanks for the great info guys. Hoping to get more leads of interest than just general information, but still thanks!