Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:No one starts with 250 employees.
Nonetheless, this does not emulsify the original points :
1. To be a successful 'trep, you do not start by writing computer code.
2. Java (or insert your favorite computer language here) developers typically do not have the organizational skills needed to run an organization of any size; it takes training, coaching, and mentorship to be a successful leader; before one can be a successful leader, one must be a dedicated follower.
3. Whether its 200, 250, or two employees, the requirement to chiefly shepherd incubatable ideas into an on-going, for-profit enterprise is a totally different skillset than knowing how to instantiate a main function that contains a Java class.
4. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg are examples of people with too much power that drive poor ego-centric success stories. While they successfully made it to the big time, they are not good examples for other 'treps.
Geoffrey Moore's series about
Crossing the Chasm is a good study for budding 'treps. Worth
every penny for $10.