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This was posted yesterday on HN. Do you meet those criteria? If so, you will find a technical co-founder. 1. Become a domain expert - know the problem you are

This was posted yesterday on HN. Do you meet those criteria? If so, you will find a technical co-founder. 1. Become a domain expert - know the problem you are trying to solve inside and out. Know the market size, sales cycles, etc. Make connections in the industry. 2. Find Customers - Bring an idea, along with a 14,000 name mailing list that you generated via blogging on the subject. 3. Bring a design - Actually mock up a set of flows for an MVP. Show it to 20 people, and iterate on their feedback. Find out what is important so when you do start building you build traction right away. All of these are things that a good "Business Guy" should be able to do and will ultimately be responsible for when they do find a cofounder. Sure, pick up a little RoR or JS, but you aren't going to become a startup quality dev in 6-12 months (or likely more). However, in that same time you could do all of the above many times over.

bloomshed 16y ago
Working within the timeframe of the current rate of development in web apps, I'm not the "business person" in my operation because I don't have the time or experience to accomplish what is listed above. I'm the "vision person", I need a developer to make my vision real in the form of an alpha version of the site, then I need a "business person" to come in and connect the dots for the investors to make the thing real. I need a lot of help for sure but my hand is open, I know I can't do this on my own. I haven't found the people to fill the roles I need through my limited professional network. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm working on the connections listed in #1 by networking with local developers and applying to the YC winter session. #2 is a big jump for me without a working demo which I'm currently contracting and developing. 14K name mailing list? Yikes, I need an expert for that one. I've attempted #3 already but it's not efficient to design things and then not being able to pay for the coding of all the stuff I design. I need cofounders who have the time, energy, and value system to take my vision and run with it and make it real. I know I sound like a kid writing a letter to Santa but I know that someone is willing to pursue a dream. I just have to find them.

bloomshed 16y ago

Working within the timeframe of the current rate of development in web apps, I'm not the "business person" in my operation because I don't have the time or experience to accomplish what is listed above. I'm the "vision person", I need a developer to make my vision real in the form of an alpha version of the site, then I need a "business person" to come in and connect the dots for the investors to make the thing real. I need a lot of help for sure but my hand is open, I know I can't do this on my own. I haven't found the people to fill the roles I need through my limited professional network. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm working on the connections listed in #1 by networking with local developers and applying to the YC winter session. #2 is a big jump for me without a working demo which I'm currently contracting and developing. 14K name mailing list? Yikes, I need an expert for that one. I've attempted #3 already but it's not efficient to design things and then not being able to pay for the coding of all the stuff I design. I need cofounders who have the time, energy, and value system to take my vision and run with it and make it real. I know I sound like a kid writing a letter to Santa but I know that someone is willing to pursue a dream. I just have to find them.