I enjoy building things, hacking, product development and I also love pitching, doing sales and meeting clients at conferences. We have 2 loyal in-house advisors who help with the business development side, and we are attached to an accelerator in Cambridge.
Right now, I am at a bit of a loss as to what kind of role I need to hire for (but I know a need a team). I've gone through a few team members coming and going during the last 15 months.
Advice I have received so far (all of which I'm sure have an element of truth):
"You're a technical person. Don't hire someone who is like you. Don't make your team full of technical people. The best teams have a mix of personalities and skills."
"You need to hire more engineers as you are a tech company."
"You don't need to hire a salesperson! Founders like you are the best people to do customer development and selling."
"You need a cofounder, not a subcontracted-out person. You cannot do this alone, and a cofounder would be more committed if they had an equity stake in the company."
"The company is already founded; you can't really get a cofounder now! Plus giving shares to them now would incur a tax liability for them, because the shares have value. Hire people instead."
Like a lot of advice I receive, this above is clearly contradictory, and everyone seems to have their own idea as to how my team should grow.
So, I would love to hear what HN has to say on my situation, and what type of role I should be looking for.
