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Looking for partners for a start-up

3 points by local 15y ago

I am looking for 2 partners who would like to join me to put up a technology start-up. is there anyone here who's interested ?

nateberkopec 15y ago
Come on, sell me a little.
phyllotaxis 15y ago
Not to divert too much attention from the OP, but where might individuals go for this purpose online? Specific forums? Meetups? I want to meet programmers with the desire to start something together as well, but am embarrassed to say I don't know where to look, and I want to find ways to go out and hang with people locally to have a good time with a common purpose: talking technology, science and the future. The ideas we want to develop into reality. You gotta KNOW people, as in personally, before you can make that invitation... I would never dump my thoughts and hopes onto a stranger, but a cup of coffee a few weeks in, and you have a good bead on a friendship prospect. Where can I find these guys outside of a college bar, which is creepy as hell, being as I am no longer in college. Can you imagine the conversation/intro: "Hey buddy-- you code?......<cough>" Where do you meet people that are legitimately interested in talking shop about this kind of stuff, assuming you don't have them in your circle already?
- swanson 15y ago
  Go to Meetup.com, find a local user group for whatever language/technique/framework you like working in and go to the meetings. When you are at the meetings actually get involved and introduce yourself and ask people about what they are working on.
  - phyllotaxis 15y ago
    I actually poked around and couldn't find anything relevant on MeetUp... I was hoping there was a super-secret underground group of coderhippies that congregate somewhere I've never heard of... alas, my search continues.
    - swanson 15y ago
      http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ Seems like there is a bunch of stuff in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill. It may be a bit of a drive for you - not sure how far away from that area you are - but if you are really interested it might be worth a drive up there once a month.
      - phyllotaxis 15y ago
        It's about two hours... If I didn't already work 6 days a week between three jobs, is be down for the road trip... But a man's gotta sleep sometime
    - local 15y ago
      Well, i am a developer, i know a few languages including Java,C++, C#, Groovy, and a few other scripting languages. I had a different entrepreneur tech idea in my mind at the time i posted this question here. Now since there's no place on the web to find coder-hippies ;) or business/marketing entrepreneur people, why not create a place for all those entrepreneur students who are looking to connect to one another. I don't mind anyone stealing this idea and working on it, but if there's anyone who would like to join me in creating this application please buzz me. I am living in a Asian country, and geographical location would not effect a startup. let me know, what you think :)
      - phyllotaxis 15y ago
        My thinking as well...
        local 15y ago
        So any plans to work on it :D
        phyllotaxis 15y ago
        This. http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-stage-startup-meetups-like-hackers-and-founders/ http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-... Except for people even earlier in the chain. I'm talking no investors (in any official capacity) or anything formal/markety- Just guys and ladies that want to find people that want to flesh out their ideas through exposure to like-minded people. I can envision forums with a geography element that is specifically oriented towards orchestrating get-togethers. Or even better, how about using Elgg to make open networks to connect people by interest? http://www.elgg.org/about.php http://www.elgg.org/about.php That would be cool. My internet is down outside of work, so I'm limited to my phone currently, which I'm glad to have, but loathe to use for extended typing. Thoughts?
- ig1 15y ago
  It might be helpful to know where you are, as obviously the options vary hugely.
  - phyllotaxis 15y ago
    Wilmington, NC. Not a computer nerd mecca, per se... well....per anything, really. I've thought about maybe Craigslist, but that seems 'off' somehow. I don't use facebook. I dunno-- I'll find people, but I'm still open to suggestions. I may try something interesting.
jhefter 15y ago
Partners for what? What space are you working in? What is your domain of competency? Are you the product visionary guy, the business execution guy, the technical execution guy? Is there a particualar location you need to be in? Is there anything you've done in the past that indicates you've got the right DNA for your role and the space you want to be in? So to review: 1) What? 2) Why? 3) And why with you?

3 points by local 15y ago

I am looking for 2 partners who would like to join me to put up a technology start-up. is there anyone here who's interested ?

nateberkopec 15y ago

Come on, sell me a little.

phyllotaxis 15y ago

Not to divert too much attention from the OP, but where might individuals go for this purpose online? Specific forums? Meetups? I want to meet programmers with the desire to start something together as well, but am embarrassed to say I don't know where to look, and I want to find ways to go out and hang with people locally to have a good time with a common purpose: talking technology, science and the future. The ideas we want to develop into reality. You gotta KNOW people, as in personally, before you can make that invitation... I would never dump my thoughts and hopes onto a stranger, but a cup of coffee a few weeks in, and you have a good bead on a friendship prospect. Where can I find these guys outside of a college bar, which is creepy as hell, being as I am no longer in college. Can you imagine the conversation/intro: "Hey buddy-- you code?......<cough>" Where do you meet people that are legitimately interested in talking shop about this kind of stuff, assuming you don't have them in your circle already?

swanson 15y ago
Go to Meetup.com, find a local user group for whatever language/technique/framework you like working in and go to the meetings. When you are at the meetings actually get involved and introduce yourself and ask people about what they are working on.
- phyllotaxis 15y ago
  I actually poked around and couldn't find anything relevant on MeetUp... I was hoping there was a super-secret underground group of coderhippies that congregate somewhere I've never heard of... alas, my search continues.
  - swanson 15y ago
    http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/raleighrb/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/ Seems like there is a bunch of stuff in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill. It may be a bit of a drive for you - not sure how far away from that area you are - but if you are really interested it might be worth a drive up there once a month.
    - phyllotaxis 15y ago
      It's about two hours... If I didn't already work 6 days a week between three jobs, is be down for the road trip... But a man's gotta sleep sometime
  - local 15y ago
    Well, i am a developer, i know a few languages including Java,C++, C#, Groovy, and a few other scripting languages. I had a different entrepreneur tech idea in my mind at the time i posted this question here. Now since there's no place on the web to find coder-hippies ;) or business/marketing entrepreneur people, why not create a place for all those entrepreneur students who are looking to connect to one another. I don't mind anyone stealing this idea and working on it, but if there's anyone who would like to join me in creating this application please buzz me. I am living in a Asian country, and geographical location would not effect a startup. let me know, what you think :)
    - phyllotaxis 15y ago
      My thinking as well...
      - local 15y ago
        So any plans to work on it :D
        phyllotaxis 15y ago
        This. http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-stage-startup-meetups-like-hackers-and-founders/ http://www.guotime.com/2011/07/how-to-have-successful-early-... Except for people even earlier in the chain. I'm talking no investors (in any official capacity) or anything formal/markety- Just guys and ladies that want to find people that want to flesh out their ideas through exposure to like-minded people. I can envision forums with a geography element that is specifically oriented towards orchestrating get-togethers. Or even better, how about using Elgg to make open networks to connect people by interest? http://www.elgg.org/about.php http://www.elgg.org/about.php That would be cool. My internet is down outside of work, so I'm limited to my phone currently, which I'm glad to have, but loathe to use for extended typing. Thoughts?
ig1 15y ago
It might be helpful to know where you are, as obviously the options vary hugely.
- phyllotaxis 15y ago
  Wilmington, NC. Not a computer nerd mecca, per se... well....per anything, really. I've thought about maybe Craigslist, but that seems 'off' somehow. I don't use facebook. I dunno-- I'll find people, but I'm still open to suggestions. I may try something interesting.

jhefter 15y ago

Partners for what? What space are you working in? What is your domain of competency? Are you the product visionary guy, the business execution guy, the technical execution guy? Is there a particualar location you need to be in? Is there anything you've done in the past that indicates you've got the right DNA for your role and the space you want to be in? So to review: 1) What? 2) Why? 3) And why with you?