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I'd love for someone to write about howto meet people who you'd want to join up with you as a cofounder. I know I wouldn't be able to do any of my high in the s

I'd love for someone to write about howto meet people who you'd want to join up with you as a cofounder. I know I wouldn't be able to do any of my high in the sky plans by myself but I don't know many people who'd be up to taking the plundge.

riklomas 10y ago
Looking at your profile, as a technical person you'll be a lot more in-demand than someone non-technical. Go to meetups and talk about your ideas online, people will naturally come out of the woodwork the more you talk about your high-in-the-sky plans.
- gravypod 10y ago
  Here's an idea for someone to build up. Make a dating site for founders and cofounders. That would do really well in SV. Probably could even run in real life speed dating. That's not exactly my field of interest but I'd sign up for something like that when I get out of college and need to finally get to building things.
  - riklomas 10y ago
    If I was to set you homework, it'd be to talk to 10 founders on your idea. See if they think it'd be useful. Talk to founders in SV and other cities (and other countries). Do the research before building anything, otherwise you could be wasting your energy on something people don't want.
  - sanswork 10y ago
    There are already a bunch of these actually. I think cofounderslab is the most well known but there are a bunch of others.
Adamola 10y ago
Yeah, Rik's totally right. As a technical person you control the proverbial board. Go out, meet (great, non-crazy) people...talk about your ideas. Have in mind the type or skill set of the co-founder you want though, early stage everyone needs to bring hard skills, IMHO.
anotherturn 10y ago
It may not appeal but I took up ultramarathons a couple of years ago. On the multi-day ones (e.g. Marathon des Sables) you meet some terrific people with the kind of insanely driven mentality that chewing glass and staring into the abyss demands. They've also typically got a bit of personal runway - so can bare financial risk of a startup.
- drdrey 10y ago
  That has to be the most fascinating piece of startup advice I have ever read. Alternatively, you can identify the same set of people without actually running the ultra by looking for people who descend stairs backwards.
  - anotherturn 10y ago
    Not sure if this was your intention, but your comment came off as somewhat snarky - a theme best reserved for reddit. It was not advice - but an observation offered as a data-point. You can indeed meet people that run ultra-marathons without running one by going to meetups, fb group events, etc.
    - mhluongo 10y ago
      FWIW I thought it was a genuine comment. That's really specific, interesting advice in finding the sort of people who'd make good co-founders.
      - drdrey 10y ago
        Indeed my comment was genuine. FWIW, I also recently ran my first ultra.
cr0sh 10y ago
Probably already been done, but free idea? An internet "dating site" for startup co-founders to meet on (you could have the whole shebang - ratings, chat, profiles). Maybe something like LinkedIn meets Match.com, with a sprinkle of YC thrown in?
- babblingdweeb 10y ago
  There are a few of these out there. https://cofounderslab.com https://cofounderslab.com is one. When they first came out I lived in Chicago and used their site a few times. Totally reminded me of Match meets LinkedIn. (note: I have no affiliation with them)
- clovis 10y ago
  Actually, email matching might be suitable for this problem. I did a project for matching flatmates a while ago. [1] Was trying to leverage a user's facebook connections etc. to create better matches (e.g. 2nd degree connections). If anyone is interested in taking it over/working on it let me know. [1] http://www.flatmate.io/ http://www.flatmate.io/

riklomas 10y ago

Looking at your profile, as a technical person you'll be a lot more in-demand than someone non-technical. Go to meetups and talk about your ideas online, people will naturally come out of the woodwork the more you talk about your high-in-the-sky plans.

gravypod 10y ago
Here's an idea for someone to build up. Make a dating site for founders and cofounders. That would do really well in SV. Probably could even run in real life speed dating. That's not exactly my field of interest but I'd sign up for something like that when I get out of college and need to finally get to building things.
- riklomas 10y ago
  If I was to set you homework, it'd be to talk to 10 founders on your idea. See if they think it'd be useful. Talk to founders in SV and other cities (and other countries). Do the research before building anything, otherwise you could be wasting your energy on something people don't want.
- sanswork 10y ago
  There are already a bunch of these actually. I think cofounderslab is the most well known but there are a bunch of others.

Adamola 10y ago

Yeah, Rik's totally right. As a technical person you control the proverbial board. Go out, meet (great, non-crazy) people...talk about your ideas. Have in mind the type or skill set of the co-founder you want though, early stage everyone needs to bring hard skills, IMHO.

anotherturn 10y ago

It may not appeal but I took up ultramarathons a couple of years ago. On the multi-day ones (e.g. Marathon des Sables) you meet some terrific people with the kind of insanely driven mentality that chewing glass and staring into the abyss demands. They've also typically got a bit of personal runway - so can bare financial risk of a startup.

drdrey 10y ago
That has to be the most fascinating piece of startup advice I have ever read. Alternatively, you can identify the same set of people without actually running the ultra by looking for people who descend stairs backwards.
- anotherturn 10y ago
  Not sure if this was your intention, but your comment came off as somewhat snarky - a theme best reserved for reddit. It was not advice - but an observation offered as a data-point. You can indeed meet people that run ultra-marathons without running one by going to meetups, fb group events, etc.
  - mhluongo 10y ago
    FWIW I thought it was a genuine comment. That's really specific, interesting advice in finding the sort of people who'd make good co-founders.
    - drdrey 10y ago
      Indeed my comment was genuine. FWIW, I also recently ran my first ultra.

cr0sh 10y ago

Probably already been done, but free idea? An internet "dating site" for startup co-founders to meet on (you could have the whole shebang - ratings, chat, profiles). Maybe something like LinkedIn meets Match.com, with a sprinkle of YC thrown in?

babblingdweeb 10y ago
There are a few of these out there. https://cofounderslab.com https://cofounderslab.com is one. When they first came out I lived in Chicago and used their site a few times. Totally reminded me of Match meets LinkedIn. (note: I have no affiliation with them)
clovis 10y ago
Actually, email matching might be suitable for this problem. I did a project for matching flatmates a while ago. [1] Was trying to leverage a user's facebook connections etc. to create better matches (e.g. 2nd degree connections). If anyone is interested in taking it over/working on it let me know. [1] http://www.flatmate.io/ http://www.flatmate.io/