Naval Ravikant explains why startup founders should be able to code
Naval Ravikant gave the following advice to a startup spending $25k outsourcing product development to external developers:
"In the world of web and mobile startups, the competitio
If you’re good with computers, if you’re good at basic mathematics, if you’re good at writing, if you’re good at speaking, and if you like reading, you’re set for life.
- Naval Ravikant
If joining an early stage startup, evaluate team, product, equity, salary, in that order.
If investing in an early stage startup, evaluate team, product, terms, revenues in that order.
- Naval Ravikant
"Learn to sell. Learn to build. If you can do both, you will be unstoppable."
• Build: The ability to create value
• Sell: The ability to communicate that value
Doing both is an unbeatable combination.
-Naval Ravikant