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Give up the total DIY for tech start-ups – Clark-Reynolds
Give up the total DIY for tech start-ups – Clark-Reynolds
(sticK - 13 Feb 2013 ) The great Kiwi ‘traditional’ of do-it-yourself (DIY) has its downsides in many tech developments according to serial entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds.
Speaking as one of a panel at Unlimited Potential’s AGM, Clark-Reynolds says entrepreneurs and start-up founders need to, quickly, get over the idea that they can proficiently do every task themselves.
The founder of Minimonos, an online environment for children which currently has 90% of its 1.5 million followers in the U.K. says getting the right people with the right expertise in at the right time can save a heap of trouble and money. It can also mean the success (or failure) of a project getting off the ground she says.
“Perhaps it is the downside of our Number 8 wire mentality, and something it would be good at times for us to ditch,” she says.
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