Ask HN: Who's Looking for Co-Founders?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4398162

by kvnn • 14 years ago

16 11 14 years ago

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I suggest a monthly post similar to "Who's Hiring?".

What do you think?

kvnn3• 14 years ago

Los Angeles, CA Remote okay ---------------

I'm a Python / JS developer in Los Angeles building an action-sports startup (Strava meets Meetup).

Wireframes are 80% complete, and we're currently looking for a co-founder who can help build the iOS app.

We have good (not yet great) monetization plans and a very solid wireframe (50%, 23 pages pen and paper).

I have extremely potent early-adopter ties and multiple paths to funding.

If you have any interest, please don't hesitate to reach out:

Kevin Riggen kriggen@gmail.com 661.600.6830

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602

GitHub: http://github.com/kvnn

whichdan• 14 years ago

Your LinkedIn link is broken.

kvnn3• 14 years ago

Thank you.

mootothemax• 14 years ago

I think this is a very difficult problem to solve. I would love to team up with the right person, who has real, credible business skills.

However, I think this is just as difficult, if not more so, as a talented business guy looking for a programmer to partner up with.

There is definitely cross-over between the two; having a programmer co-founder that you can't take long to sales meetings is an opportunity lost. And if you can't discuss difficult problems with your business founder, you're also missing out. I fondly remember, several years ago, sitting down with my boss and explaining to him the problem I was working on at the time, and how, if I explained it without any technical mumbo-jumbo, he'd come up with solutions I hadn't thought of. That was really productive, and deeply satisfying for both of us.

I suppose where I'm going with this is that I think looking for co-founder should take more from the dating world than from the hiring world. Have a few meetings up front, test the waters with a few small projects before leaping in to bed together. Because let's face it: co-founding is another form of marriage.

kvnn3• 14 years ago

This is probably a common perspective, but I think that often times finding a co-founder is not "business person looking for tech person" or vice-versa.

guero• 14 years ago

I couldn't agree more with the dating analogy. I met my gf on match.com and years later was looking for a co-founder. I couldn't find one at first, and my focus became the 'co-founder finding problem'. Applying that analogy, out came www.founder2be.com which has taken on a life of its own :) Best of success to you!

jamesjguthrie2• 14 years ago

I'm in the same boat as "mootothemax" - I would also love to team up with the right co-founder. Though, I'd want us both to do the tech and business work.

I'm not actively looking because I'm going to attempt to do the business work after I finish building my MVP.

jamesjguthrie2• 14 years ago

Hell, if you want to contact me about the possibility of teaming up then details are on my profile.

tim_moon• 14 years ago

I'm doing the same. Don't know many people who're interested in doing a startup for the right reasons, so I'm just focusing on building the MVP and keeping things going while I keep an eye out for a potential co-founder.

helen842000• 14 years ago

If you're a developer working on a project & would like some help with it, please let me know. I have some coding experience but mainly my background is in technical & customer support & product development.

I guess this would be ideal for a developer that wants to focus on new features & updates & not the business side. I think it would be a fair swap in exchange for some friendly development advice & tips when I get stuck on my own projects.

I think this kind of exchange is a good starting point for anyone looking for a potential co-founder as it may lead to joint ventures.

Anyone interested, my email is in my profile.

andrewhillman• 14 years ago

Good idea, just follow through w/ monthly postings and it should take off. It's up to you. Go for it.

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