The internet is a sham.

Wanted: Build Me a Company for Free

I ran across this job posting on Craigslist in the SF Bay Area. I read it out loud just to confirm what it sounded like to me. Here is what I think it boiled down to:

1. I have a nebulous idea for a "company" that I want to run.
2. My company should be able to save the world, somehow.
3. I want you to "implement" my company for me. I'm just an "ideas" person. I need an "everything else" person.
4. And by "everything else," I mean even the rudimentary search engine-based research that I should have done the very first day I had this idea. That's your job.
5. Preferably, you can work for free.
6. If you can't work for free, can you work just slightly above the $7.50/hr CA state minimum wage?
7. Know any good venture capitalists?
8. Know any good clients?
9. Know any good programmers to build my idea?
10. Know any business development people to put together my business?
11. Oh, and I'll totally pay you back when the checks start rolling in.
12. Did I mention that I'm going to save the world?

But maybe I'm being uncharitable. Good luck to you, my friend.

Labels: business, sham

posted by Afshin @ 12:57 AM