Comments on: Thinking about advisors

By: EricFriedman

EricFriedman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:51:55 +0000

They do – which is when you make it more formal. Having this guidance can
allow you a monthly meetup, deliverable deadlines, and folks you have to
give all information to. Otherwise you have feedback sessions which suffer
from not having all the information of the past months work.

I think there is a place for both types of folks – happenstance coffee
meetings and then more formal roles for those people that stick around and
follow your progress.

By: jonsteinberg

jonsteinberg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:45:50 +0000

I'm not sure formal advisors or an advisory board makes sense when advisors can just rise to the top organically. Your advisors are your blog commentors, people who you get coffee with, etc.

Seems like a relic of when the world was more closed.

By: EricFriedman

EricFriedman — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:51:55 +0000

I think there is a place for both types of folks – happenstance coffee
meetings and then more formal roles for those people that stick around and
follow your progress.

By: jonsteinberg

jonsteinberg — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:50 +0000

I'm not sure formal advisors or an advisory board makes sense when advisors can just rise to the top organically. Your advisors are your blog commentors, people who you get coffee with, etc.

Seems like a relic of when the world was more closed.