Might be the difference between startup and company. So while you're proving out your idea you probably don't need a whole lot of ops (but doing backups and source code control is just good development practice) As a company you need 5 things;
1) Design talent - presenting the coolness in a way that others can understand
2) Technical talent - taking great ideas and composing systems to make them real.
3) Legal talent - to keep you covered from the folks who would want to kill you when you are successful.
4) Operations talent - making sure that you can keep doing what your doing over time
5) Sales talent - communicating what you are doing in a way that the picture appears in someone else's head, and the value is clear.
You need coverage on all 5 of those skill sets, you might find someone who can cover two or three (they will be in high demand) or you may need to recruit to fill them, but unless you have them all you're highest risk of failure will be that undefended flank.
Yes, but each of these come at the proper moment. The iTunes Store covers most of 3, 4 and 5 as an indie dev and then, if you feel comfortable, scale up to be a "company".
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Might be the difference between startup and company. So while you're proving out your idea you probably don't need a whole lot of ops (but doing backups and source code control is just good development practice) As a company you need 5 things;
1) Design talent - presenting the coolness in a way that others can understand
2) Technical talent - taking great ideas and composing systems to make them real.
3) Legal talent - to keep you covered from the folks who would want to kill you when you are successful.
4) Operations talent - making sure that you can keep doing what your doing over time
5) Sales talent - communicating what you are doing in a way that the picture appears in someone else's head, and the value is clear.
You need coverage on all 5 of those skill sets, you might find someone who can cover two or three (they will be in high demand) or you may need to recruit to fill them, but unless you have them all you're highest risk of failure will be that undefended flank.
Yes, but each of these come at the proper moment. The iTunes Store covers most of 3, 4 and 5 as an indie dev and then, if you feel comfortable, scale up to be a "company".