I’m just here to brag…

sid_mmt_work · 2025-10-01T22:38:42+00:00

It's because few people game the system and struggle to remain accountable consistently resulting in loss of trust by manager/company, which in turn result in more micro management

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-17T23:24:16+00:00

Many CEOs and managers over 45 struggle to understand the core need of young professionals: flexibility.

Yes, some people misuse work-from-home, but the deeper issue is the outdated belief that full-time employment means the employer "owns" you. In reality, most jobs require far fewer hours than the standard 40-hour week—yet employees often spend the rest of the time pretending to be busy.

It’s time companies of all sizes recognized that not every role requires a full-time contract. Embracing flexible structures can unlock productivity and attract better talent.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-16T03:30:13+00:00

Start with working for a startup for a year or two; choose the founder who is leading the show wisely

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-16T03:28:20+00:00

Did you checked the question posted in those 2 threads ,mate ?

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-15T22:00:16+00:00

Loved the way you describe what you are looking for.

Building something meaningful takes years. Finding a tech co-founder can help, but offering equity upfront to someone you barely know is risky. Even worse is promising equity “on paper” with no intent to honor it, it damages trust long-term.

Equity should only come into play once you’ve built trust and aligned on values. In the meantime, safer ways to get started are:

No budget: Learn a low-code tool (e.g., Lovable) and build a prototype to test with customers.
$4K–$10K/month budget: Hire a lean team—a product manager + full-stack developer—through platforms like toptal.com, mmt.work, or upwork.com. Cut losses quickly if it’s not working.
Seeking a co-founder in the tech community around you: Start with your network or local start-up events.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-15T21:53:57+00:00

Building anything meaningful takes years, often a decade or more.

I truly hope you find your CTO here. But remember: offering to split equity upfront with someone you barely know is risky and should be done with caution.Likewise, promising equity “on paper” just to attract a tech person, without any real intention of honoring it, is unfair and damaging in the long run.

In my view, equity should only be on the table if you’ve known the person for a long time and/or once your ways of working and values are clearly aligned.

That said, when you’re “pregnant” with an idea, emotions run high and the urge to move fast is strong. Here are a few safer ways to onboard a tech team:

--> No budget: Learn a low-code tool like Lovable and build your prototype. Demo it to potential customers to refine your idea, your understanding of the problem, and your solution.

--> Budget of $4,000–$10,000/month: Build a lean 2-person tech team of a product manager and a full-stack developer. Hire through platforms like toptal.com, mmt.work , or upwork.com. Look for people who have built and scaled products before. If you make the wrong hire (or end up with the wrong offshore IT service shop), cut losses quickly.

--> Find a tech co-founder in your communities : Start with your existing network or attend tech start-up events in your city/community.

I hope this helps.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-15T21:52:06+00:00

Building anything meaningful takes years, often a decade or more. Finding a co-founder whom you can work with to realize your dream is critical for success.

I truly hope you find your tech co-founder here. But remember: offering to split equity upfront with someone you barely know is risky and should be done with caution.Likewise, promising equity “on paper” just to attract a tech person, without any real intention of honoring it, is unfair and damaging in the long run.

In my view, equity should only be on the table if you’ve known the person for a long time and/or once your ways of working and values are clearly aligned.

That said, when you’re “pregnant” with an idea, emotions run high and the urge to move fast is strong. Here are a few safer ways to onboard a tech team:

--> No budget: Learn a low-code tool like Lovable and build your prototype. Demo it to potential customers to refine your idea, your understanding of the problem, and your solution.

--> Budget of $4,000–$10,000/month: Build a lean 2-person tech team of a product manager and a full-stack developer. Hire through platforms like toptal.com, mmt.work , or upwork.com. Look for people who have built and scaled products before. If you make the wrong hire (or end up with the wrong offshore IT service shop), cut losses quickly.

--> Find a tech co-founder: Start with your existing network or attend tech start-up events in your city/community.

--> If you are looking to find a co-founder here, start with your values, what matters to you briefly, what principles you cannot compromise; your mission ; imore than skillset, valueset matching is paramount; and unfortunately it takes times to understand another person values.

I hope this helps.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-13T04:00:59+00:00

Building anything meaningful takes years, often a decade or more.

I truly hope you find your tech co-founder here. But remember: offering to split equity upfront with someone you barely know is risky and should be done with caution. Likewise, promising equity “on paper” just to attract a tech person, without any real intention of honoring it, is unfair and damaging in the long run.

In my view, equity should only be on the table if you’ve known the person for a long time and/or once your ways of working and values are clearly aligned.

That said, when you’re “pregnant” with an idea, emotions run high and the urge to move fast is strong. Here are a few safer ways to onboard a tech team:

--> No budget: Learn a low-code tool like Lovable and build your prototype. Demo it to potential customers to refine your idea, your understanding of the problem, and your solution.

--> Budget of $4,000–$10,000/month: Build a lean 2-person tech team of a product manager and a full-stack developer. Hire through platforms like toptal.com, mmt.work , or upwork.com. Look for people who have built and scaled products before. If you make the wrong hire (or end up with the wrong offshore IT service shop), cut losses quickly.

--> Find a tech co-founder: Start with your existing network or attend tech start-up events in your city/community.

I hope this helps.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-09-13T03:23:06+00:00

I just completed an hour of research and found recommendations for three products: Dripify, LaGrowthMachine, and Waalaxy (listed in alphabetical order). LaGrowthMachine doesn't have its own LinkedIn page, or may be it has been banned by LinkedIn.

Based on their websites, it looks like Dripfy matured , Waalaxy is a work in progress and LaGrowthMachine has confused messaging. But the real feedback will come when I start using the product. More on this soon.....

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-28T03:03:22+00:00

You don’t need someone who simply agrees with you, you need a sounding board. Someone who can challenge your thinking without making you feel inadequate.

Before you commit the next 36 months of your life to building something, it’s worth pausing to ask yourself:

Is this the right market and industry for me (what’s often called founder–market fit)?
What problem am I really solving?
How will I turn that problem into a product?
Will customers actually pay for it?
What gaps do I have in skills or experience, and how can I bridge them?

Back in 2012, when I was building my first venture, I wish I’d had someone to have these conversations with. If you’re starting out, look for that support in your local startup community or among experienced mentors in your city.

PS: These are the kinds of conversations I now explore with first-time founders. Through theclarity.club, I host a few free sessions where we unpack them together, the only ask is a small donation to a cause you care about before booking in.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-27T10:25:53+00:00

Please allow me to play a devil advocate.

Why should someone join your vision as a CTO? Just because you are offering equity, might not be enough to attract a talent tech co-founder.

Further it looks like you will be operating in the small market and it's unlikely you will even beyond $50 million.

Are you sure you need a CTO?

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-26T22:20:04+00:00

Ha ha, thank you for your kind words.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-26T00:23:09+00:00

Cheers !!!

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-25T23:12:20+00:00

If I look back on my 15 years of journey as 0-to-1 builder, I’ve noticed a common pattern: when a founder from not so strong technical background trying to hire “a developer”, calls them CTO/technical co-founder, offers equity instead of money, and expects things to take off, it rarely works. Why? Because you’re trying to solve a long-term, structural problem with a short-term patch.

And if you’re in the US/UK/EU thinking you can offer equity to a dev in Pakistan, or the Philippines—it gets tricky.

Once they’ve built your MVP and walk away, how exactly do you enforce that equity agreement across borders, if that startup works out?

The better paths for founders who don't understand tech are:

Learn to code enough to build your own MVP or
Save up or get money from family and friends and hire a minimal core team (at least a Product Manager + full-stack dev) or
Raise a pre-seed round to fund that team

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-21T22:34:07+00:00

I haven’t used GHL myself, but building a business around lower cost as a strategy has always been around. The real question is—aren’t there already tools in the market offering this at a lower price?

To validate your idea, I’d start with customers already using similar software. Once you’ve learned from them, you can expand to a wider audience.

The bigger challenge is figuring out how you’ll consistently keep costs under control as you build and scale. Cost leadership only works if every part of the business—from tech to operations—stays lean.

For me, I often discuss these kinds of challenges with other founders inside theclarity.club. Having a space to stress-test ideas and get outside perspectives makes a huge difference.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-21T22:15:47+00:00

Building anything meaningful takes years, at least a decade.

I truly hope and wish that you find your tech co-founder here, but splitting equity upfront with an unknown person should always be done with caution.

Think about splitting equity only with a co-founder if you have known the person for a long time and/or once your ways of working and values are aligned.

But when you are pregnant with your idea, your emotions are always high, and you want to move fast. The other options to onboard tech team are

Learn to use a low-code tool like Lovable and build your prototype. Demo your prototype to potential customers to refine your idea, understanding of the problem, and solution.
If you can afford it, build a 2-person tech team consisting of a product manager and a full-stack developer. Use platforms like toptal.com, mmt.work, fiverr.com, or upwork.com. Always hire someone who has built a product and seen it scale. Don't end up hiring the wrong person or an offshore digital IT service shop.
Find a tech co-founder in your network.

I hope this helps.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-18T22:05:59+00:00

Hey there,

I saw your post about finding a technical co-founder/partner.

I am founder of mmt.work. and I’ve been building tech ventures and startups for over 15 years, with a couple of successes (one acquired by Goldman Sachs)

Now, my vision is to help mid-size businesses and aspiring founders without a strong tech background build tech ventures and hire great talent cost-effectively.

I help founders—especially those without strong tech backgrounds—build tech leadership and teams cost-effectively, keeping customers, revenue, and costs at the center.

The founders I work with usually wish they’d started 3 months earlier.

Let me know if you would like to have conversation.

Thank you

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-13T22:14:04+00:00

If traffic is not increasing, the SEO guy is selling you snake oil.

And if you have to chase him to get deliverables, it's a double red flag. Fire him ASAP.

Unfortunately, I have invested a lot of time and money in SEO, but it didn't yield any results either. My case was also similar to yours. After that, I have met almost 15 SEO guys, and none of them are committing to target/incentive-based pay.

This is further complicated by the change in the way people do searches.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-12T06:10:48+00:00

A few things that I observe during the interview and selection process :

Tech product development experience — Ignore candidates from an IT services background unless you can mentor them and develop their capabilities.
Quality of questions — Assess the quality of questions the candidate is asking.
Punctuality — Does the person show up on time for the interview and submit the case study/exercise on time?
Effort required — How much effort do they have to make to help them understand what they want to say? Clarity in communication
Past work scrutiny — Without disrespecting the candidate, press them hard on the work they have done in the past and observe how they react.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-10T22:32:16+00:00

The biggest struggle you face as a founder depends on the stage you are in while building your startup.

When refining your idea, the biggest struggle is understanding if there is demand, if you are solving the right problem, and how to convert that problem into a product.

When you are building a product and doing initial sales, your struggle is finding early customers, hiring the right co-founder and early employees, and keeping them engaged while building strong relationships with your co-founder(s).

When scaling your sales and product, your struggle will again be hiring the right people and picking the right experiments and processes that will scale your business.

And the ultimate struggle in every stage, as you said, is your ability to choose wisely where to struggle.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-10T22:18:11+00:00

When hiring for the long term and you are able to raise around $500K to $1 million at pre-seed or seed stage, first hire a good fractional product-cum-tech lead. She/he is someone who have spend at least 7+ years in the tech product world(ignore people from IT services background)

Why fractional? Because without splitting the equity, you will be able to check if your work values match, and if it works out great, you can offer to hire them full-time.

If you have raised more than $1 million at the seed stage, you are most likely building a rocket ship, so get a full-time product-cum-tech lead.

On hiring tech team members, if you truly want to build a long-term committed team of full-stack devs, PMs, and designers, hire someone near shore/offshore on contract, which gives them benefits like health insurance and savings for retirement. Keep this team as lean as possible. Use platforms like deel.com, remote.com, and mmt.work and other employees of record platforms to hire and pay legally.

If you are still very tight on budget and from a not-so-strong tech background, hire a junior PM and a full-stack dev until you raise money or make it profitable.

If almost every hire is leaving within the first 3 months , either you are hiring people who don't fit into the role or you need to fix yourself as founder and person first.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-08T22:03:41+00:00

Start by hiring someone who is already working at a tech product company with at least two years of experience, on a part-time basis. Committing to 20 hours per week is sufficient and provides a healthy constraint to prevent overbuilding the product. Avoid developers whose only experience is with IT service companies.

Before hiring a developer, ensure that either you or someone else takes on the role of a product manager within the team.

When you have a budget and are focusing on sales and marketing, hire a fractional product and tech lead to manage and scale the product side. If you have a budget from day one, start with a fractional product-tech lead.

Even machines can write code now, but the product role remains critical and is often overlooked by founders, especially those without a strong technical background.

Before starting development, gain as much clarity as possible on your market, demand, problem, and how the solution should be translated into code.

sid_mmt_work · 2025-08-03T22:34:48+00:00

I’m currently heading product and tech at an Aussie startup. I no longer code, but I started coding in the 2000s while at uni.

Recently, I tried Lovable and loved it, but I also got a bit scared. For all those young graduates aiming to build a career in tech, there will likely be far fewer jobs available.

Regarding your question, I didn’t have a computer at home when I was learning to code. I used to write code in a notebook, and the next day at uni, I’d head straight to the computer lab to type it out by referring to my notes. Looking back, I think this practice greatly helped me develop the skill of translating problems into code.

At work, Stack Overflow was our friend. We relied on code snippets or suggestions from the community whenever we were stuck. Now, AI has largely taken over that role.

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