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This is an outstanding article. The idea of a core group containing people genuinely interested in all members' success is absolutely compulsory to launch a gre

by law 16y ago

This is an outstanding article. The idea of a core group containing people genuinely interested in all members' success is absolutely compulsory to launch a great product. The whole thing is true honesty and openness; you have to be able to completely trust, on many levels, the people in your group. My group contains friends I've known since college, from a variety of unrelated majors. We all work on different projects, but we keep in constant contact and offer to each other the brutal honesty that members of our respective teams could not otherwise offer. Additionally, we use each of our unique experiences to identify new problems, and new areas that might be worth pursuing. It's an incredible feeling. Actually, for a long time, I've been thinking about creating a site that facilitates pairing people together for this purpose. I've been throwing around a few ideas for it, and have a pretty decent idea churning in the back of my mind. How interested would you guys be in a site like okcupid for entrepreneurs?

WesleyRourke 16y ago
Law The server is down so I couldn't review the article but I am very interested in your idea, I have been thinking about something similar for sometime as well but on a local level which should be easy in SF. I'd like to discuss this further with you.
- law 16y ago
  Thanks for the response. I'm actually looking to move to Palo Alto for the summer to attempt to get a few of my ideas off the ground a little faster. I'd love to use the bay area as a test bed for this type of concept, so feel free to get in touch with me at sntsrv@gmail.com.
netmau5 16y ago
I'm working on a site that is, in part, attempting to help match entrepreneurs with one another based on mutually beneficial skills. We're still in alpha, so there is a long way to go yet. I think not having a real life connection makes these relationships take longer to cultivate online, if it is even possible at all. I'm hoping that having a material goal, a startup idea in our case, will energize people to start the bonding process though.
- law 16y ago
  Perhaps the hardest problem is addressing the issue of trust. As a culture, we're inherently wary of people we "meet" online. While the problem is indeed technologically feasible, it's overcoming the cultural differences that would make or break any solution. Moreover, the idea of "start-up" itself is too abstract -- would you focus on tech start-ups mostly? How would your site handle funding? What about scammers? It's an idea I'll probably think about for a couple months, and hopefully write some more about soon.
  - netmau5 16y ago
    The working together part comes first, then the connecting. Purely doing matchmaking is too hard and inaccurate imo, it is easier to find things that people find mutually interesting and get them engaged together through it. My site is largely unconcerned with funding right now, there are already excellent resources to get it. And scammers would be wasting their time: much like most startups, lots of people try really hard and get nothing out of it. Why scam the guy you will have to work hard to help and will probably get nothing?

by law 16y ago

WesleyRourke 16y ago

Law The server is down so I couldn't review the article but I am very interested in your idea, I have been thinking about something similar for sometime as well but on a local level which should be easy in SF. I'd like to discuss this further with you.

law 16y ago
Thanks for the response. I'm actually looking to move to Palo Alto for the summer to attempt to get a few of my ideas off the ground a little faster. I'd love to use the bay area as a test bed for this type of concept, so feel free to get in touch with me at sntsrv@gmail.com.

netmau5 16y ago

I'm working on a site that is, in part, attempting to help match entrepreneurs with one another based on mutually beneficial skills. We're still in alpha, so there is a long way to go yet. I think not having a real life connection makes these relationships take longer to cultivate online, if it is even possible at all. I'm hoping that having a material goal, a startup idea in our case, will energize people to start the bonding process though.

law 16y ago
Perhaps the hardest problem is addressing the issue of trust. As a culture, we're inherently wary of people we "meet" online. While the problem is indeed technologically feasible, it's overcoming the cultural differences that would make or break any solution. Moreover, the idea of "start-up" itself is too abstract -- would you focus on tech start-ups mostly? How would your site handle funding? What about scammers? It's an idea I'll probably think about for a couple months, and hopefully write some more about soon.
- netmau5 16y ago
  The working together part comes first, then the connecting. Purely doing matchmaking is too hard and inaccurate imo, it is easier to find things that people find mutually interesting and get them engaged together through it. My site is largely unconcerned with funding right now, there are already excellent resources to get it. And scammers would be wasting their time: much like most startups, lots of people try really hard and get nothing out of it. Why scam the guy you will have to work hard to help and will probably get nothing?