It’s been a long time coming, but now I know; working in a team is the thing that pushes anonymous start-ups up to the mountains of opportunity and success. It’s unbelievable how refreshing it feels to have many brains instead of one. Many skills instead of some. Many opinions instead of your own.
If you don’t see it yet, and you didn’t start being part of something bigger than what you personally can achieve, ask yourself: What is the most important project you did in your life so far?
And you’ll know you need to stop what you’re doing, and do something about it. Being part of a start-up is the best way to boost up your creativity and skills (any kind of skills). Whether you design or code, sell or consult, blog or research, whatever you do there are people who need someone with your skills in their team, for the greater good.
It’s no wonder that Americans do it so well. The best companies on the web today, Google, Apple, Microsoft, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Vimeo.. to name a few, had passionate co-founders and excellent teams behind them. You simply cannot succeed by yourself, unless you have the skills, the money and the networking – which frankly, when starting a business, are a difficult resource to get.
I heart my team! I learned to take the best from people, and now we’re ready to take on any challenge. We’re working well together – I know we still have to prove ourselves.. Blogvio is coming ;) – and I couldn’t expect less from such amazing people.
Together we have vision, we have skills, we have patience, we have resources, we have delighted customers, we have opportunities and hopes, we have projects we can be proud of, we have dreams that otherwise would be impossible to achieve. I could never code as Vlad does (bringing MediaTemple down if he has to :P), or design as Stefan does. I’m also a haunter, for which I partnered with a farmer (by Seth Godin). Andrei is patient when he needs to, so this makes him an excellent problem solver. I guess answering hundreds of emails per month doesn’t make me too friendly sometimes, I admit it. :-)
Finding the right people is difficult, because you’re the one that is actually found. Once the chemistry works, amazing opportunities will sit down before you, and it’s only a matter of picking the right ones and solving the puzzles.
So tell me, how is your team like? Do you plan to change the world and have fun while trying to do so? How’s it going so far? :-)