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How to Find Partners for a Startup

1 points by dlwhitehurst 7y ago

I want to tell everyone about my startup because I really want some help and another brain to bounce ideas and maybe code and tinker. Every time I bring up the NDA, they run. I can't seem to find people like myself that just "find" the energy to make this happen. Thoughts?

light5 7y ago
my friend, where are you? we might want to create startup to find partners
- dlwhitehurst 7y ago
  Lol. I'm looking for someone that loves JHipster, Java, Docker, Microservices, Kubernetes, and open source.
daledentonIII 7y ago
As with all things, "it depends." I'm currently looking for another one or two team members. The thing we're building is hard to build so I don't really mind getting right into it. However, I have a few other pitches that I'll dive into to get a feel for a person. For me, it's about friendship. Or rather, perhaps more. That is, I'm not looking for engineers I'm looking for believers. The type of people I look for would probably bolt too if I asked them to sign an NDA (my only experience with such things is in large corporations, which NDAs come later anyways––and [usually] not on the first date). For me, it comes down to trust. You may be concerned about sharing your idea (if you're sharing other confidential information, then I could see how the NDA is necessary). Ideas are often the least valuable thing an early employee/candidate could take from you (or an investor for that matter). It seems like you have already determined the problem. Maybe you should approach a consultant that is comfortable [frequently] signing NDAs; ask them if you should be asking other potential candidates to sign the same NDA.
- dlwhitehurst 7y ago
  Interesting! You hit the nail on the head. This is isn't easy at all. Too many things to think about and yes, I want believers, not negative Nancy's like Debbie Downer on SNL. I am looking for others that want to help me build something as big as Facebook but build it for the "people" the users. The people that need the application. And, I want to go global. Like I shared with the other guy earlier, you can go to https://abc.ciwise.com https://abc.ciwise.com and login with user/user or you can login as a new registrant and then email me at dlwhitehurst@gmail.com and I'll activate your user account. The email is not currently working and this is just a POC for the container conglomerate. Anyhow, yes, I want friends and people that feel strongly about what I want to do and why. And, I've been looking but it's tough. My stuff is Java, Spring Boot, JHipster, and Mongo for the database containers. It's pretty performant for an 8GB Digital Ocean droplet.
ktpsns 7y ago
Communication is really the key problem here. I am looking for joining startups, but anything I found (for instance on angelist) sounds super boring. This is probably because people don't advertise their ideas in fear of getting them stolen. But ideas are the only things which attract me. The solution would be to better advertise some ideas. It is a small path between saying nothing and saying everything.
- dlwhitehurst 7y ago
  Okay so here's part of the idea and the email for registering doesn't work. You can log in using user/user and do whatever. Check it out and if your interested in knowing more let me know. https://abc.ciwise.com https://abc.ciwise.com . The entities captured are just a start. The real value so far is the Docker compose and all the moving parts that I've POC'ed.

1 points by dlwhitehurst 7y ago

light5 7y ago

my friend, where are you? we might want to create startup to find partners

dlwhitehurst 7y ago
Lol. I'm looking for someone that loves JHipster, Java, Docker, Microservices, Kubernetes, and open source.

daledentonIII 7y ago

As with all things, "it depends." I'm currently looking for another one or two team members. The thing we're building is hard to build so I don't really mind getting right into it. However, I have a few other pitches that I'll dive into to get a feel for a person. For me, it's about friendship. Or rather, perhaps more. That is, I'm not looking for engineers I'm looking for believers. The type of people I look for would probably bolt too if I asked them to sign an NDA (my only experience with such things is in large corporations, which NDAs come later anyways––and [usually] not on the first date). For me, it comes down to trust. You may be concerned about sharing your idea (if you're sharing other confidential information, then I could see how the NDA is necessary). Ideas are often the least valuable thing an early employee/candidate could take from you (or an investor for that matter). It seems like you have already determined the problem. Maybe you should approach a consultant that is comfortable [frequently] signing NDAs; ask them if you should be asking other potential candidates to sign the same NDA.

dlwhitehurst 7y ago
Interesting! You hit the nail on the head. This is isn't easy at all. Too many things to think about and yes, I want believers, not negative Nancy's like Debbie Downer on SNL. I am looking for others that want to help me build something as big as Facebook but build it for the "people" the users. The people that need the application. And, I want to go global. Like I shared with the other guy earlier, you can go to https://abc.ciwise.com https://abc.ciwise.com and login with user/user or you can login as a new registrant and then email me at dlwhitehurst@gmail.com and I'll activate your user account. The email is not currently working and this is just a POC for the container conglomerate. Anyhow, yes, I want friends and people that feel strongly about what I want to do and why. And, I've been looking but it's tough. My stuff is Java, Spring Boot, JHipster, and Mongo for the database containers. It's pretty performant for an 8GB Digital Ocean droplet.

ktpsns 7y ago

Communication is really the key problem here. I am looking for joining startups, but anything I found (for instance on angelist) sounds super boring. This is probably because people don't advertise their ideas in fear of getting them stolen. But ideas are the only things which attract me. The solution would be to better advertise some ideas. It is a small path between saying nothing and saying everything.

dlwhitehurst 7y ago
Okay so here's part of the idea and the email for registering doesn't work. You can log in using user/user and do whatever. Check it out and if your interested in knowing more let me know. https://abc.ciwise.com https://abc.ciwise.com . The entities captured are just a start. The real value so far is the Docker compose and all the moving parts that I've POC'ed.