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I'm looking for a beautiful blonde attractive wife. She has to be ready to live with me in a deep relationship, starting immediately. I have a good idea of wher

by dcurtis 18y ago

I'm looking for a beautiful blonde attractive wife. She has to be ready to live with me in a deep relationship, starting immediately. I have a good idea of where I want the relationship to go, as I have some experience-- I previously had a successful marriage with 2 kids and a minivan. Contact me if interested. (Seriously, I think this reads too much like a stereotypical job ad, and less like a search for a cofounder. Cofounders need to have much better relationships than employees, and I'm hesitant to think that four paragraphs of generic superlatives is the right way to find partners for a business venture.)

DenisM 18y ago
In your example attractive blond needs anonymous dude much less than he needs her. In the OP however the match looks more even. Whats missing is specifics. Hardly anyone would jump on "enterprise software", and those who do should be looked at with suspicion.
josefresco 18y ago
I see Negative Nancy is already here. Jees, cut the guy a break.
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- dcurtis 18y ago
  I don't mean to be overly negative, but 1) I don't really want to see this kind of stuff here, and 2) I don't think this is really an effective way to find a cofounder.
  - DenisM 18y ago
    You don't want people looking for co-founders on hacker news? Why?
    - dcurtis 18y ago
      I don't think it's a necessarily a bad thing, but I think if it happened more often, it could be. I'm not sure why, but this particular job/cofounder ad just rubbed me the wrong way. It's like a personals ad with no picture. No information about the startup, and very little information about the person. Two paragraphs of generic superlatives is not really doing anyone good, is it?
      - alaskamiller 18y ago
        What rubbed me the wrong way is the power structure is in this relationship. He baits people with a few fluffy paragraphs and has the pick of the litter with responses. He chooses the mate because he gets the other guy to tip their hand. Thus it's not a matching of equals, not a friendship, but an awkwardly arranged employer-employee relationship. Also, like dating online... you have to wonder if a guy that can run a successful startup with 5 employees already (not a menial task at all and would definitely suggest having an established network in Canada), why would he need to look for a partner online in the first place?
        fallentimes 18y ago
        "Ask HN: Looking for hard-working, ambitious employee"?
        alaskamiller 18y ago
        + "...willing to discuss equity|profit-sharing in future"
        DenisM 18y ago
        I think you make too many assumptions with no basis in facts. It speaks amore about you than the OP.
        alaskamiller 18y ago
        When this ad sounds like every other post on http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cpg/ http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cpg/ then I'm not sure what to think. When I was much younger and eager, dealing with posts similar to this always ended up wasting time. So, sure, I'm might just be making an ass out of myself. But I would love for the OP -- who, mind you, has no discernible history to this community -- to prove me wrong rather than you to quip about my writing.
  - bestes 18y ago
    HN is the perfect place to find people like this/us. I'm not saying I want to see HN become a job board. But, this sure looks like a credible and serious request to me.
    - davidw 18y ago
      > HN is the perfect place to find people like this/us. I think the best way to find people here is to get to know them through the site, over time, not with an ad, although I don't really care if the odd ad appears here - it's not really damaging, as it's easy to ignore, and doesn't attract the wrong kind of people.
    - mingyeow 18y ago
      agreed
  - jakewolf 18y ago
    It would be nice if people looking for cofounders here participated some before abusing it for self serving purposes. Earn some karma first.
  - fallentimes 18y ago
    What is an effective way to find a cofounder? I sort of just lucked in to it for my situation. We should have an Ask HN/YC about that once this one is buried..
    - alaskamiller 18y ago
      We can start here: http://searchyc.com/finding+a+cofounder http://searchyc.com/finding+a+cofounder Then we can quote PG: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=77149 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=77149 I don't think HN is a good medium for finding cofounders. This is a place for discussion, and true that's indicative of people's perceived intelligence, but it's not indicative of their real life personality and work behavior. MAKE FRIENDS. MEET PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE AROUND YOU. Put your face into the game. That is the most tried and true way. And if you live in Bumfuck, Egypt, then get the hell out of Dodge and find the way to San Jose (did I use enough idioms in this sentence?).
      - fallentimes 18y ago
        "MAKE FRIENDS. MEET PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE AROUND YOU" This is how I found my cofounder.
    - wheels 18y ago
      Here are a few: - Local startup gatherings - Open source projects - Former jobs - College / grad-school I'd never post something like this original post because it puts you in a situation you don't want to be in later on -- choosing a co-founder isn't something you can do as a snap decision after you meet them. To accomplish the same goal as the original poster, I'd ask something like: "Hi, I'm based in Toronto and considering leaving my current startup to start my own. Any one got any local startup-related events they'd recommend? Or want to meet for a beer somewhere and share tips on the local scene? I'm also going to be popping down to SV in three weeks to check out things there -- any must-not-miss events?"
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mingyeow 18y ago
com'on, i highly commend this guy here. it is plain out impossible to be convinving in a few paragraphs, and he said enough to attract people who might also be looking for a great guy
h34t 18y ago
Many a marriage has started with an offhand comment about the weather, just to break the ice.

by dcurtis 18y ago

DenisM 18y ago

In your example attractive blond needs anonymous dude much less than he needs her. In the OP however the match looks more even. Whats missing is specifics. Hardly anyone would jump on "enterprise software", and those who do should be looked at with suspicion.

josefresco 18y ago

I see Negative Nancy is already here. Jees, cut the guy a break.

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dcurtis 18y ago
I don't mean to be overly negative, but 1) I don't really want to see this kind of stuff here, and 2) I don't think this is really an effective way to find a cofounder.
- DenisM 18y ago
  You don't want people looking for co-founders on hacker news? Why?
  - dcurtis 18y ago
    I don't think it's a necessarily a bad thing, but I think if it happened more often, it could be. I'm not sure why, but this particular job/cofounder ad just rubbed me the wrong way. It's like a personals ad with no picture. No information about the startup, and very little information about the person. Two paragraphs of generic superlatives is not really doing anyone good, is it?
    - alaskamiller 18y ago
      What rubbed me the wrong way is the power structure is in this relationship. He baits people with a few fluffy paragraphs and has the pick of the litter with responses. He chooses the mate because he gets the other guy to tip their hand. Thus it's not a matching of equals, not a friendship, but an awkwardly arranged employer-employee relationship. Also, like dating online... you have to wonder if a guy that can run a successful startup with 5 employees already (not a menial task at all and would definitely suggest having an established network in Canada), why would he need to look for a partner online in the first place?
      - fallentimes 18y ago
        "Ask HN: Looking for hard-working, ambitious employee"?
        alaskamiller 18y ago
        + "...willing to discuss equity|profit-sharing in future"
      - DenisM 18y ago
        I think you make too many assumptions with no basis in facts. It speaks amore about you than the OP.
        alaskamiller 18y ago
        When this ad sounds like every other post on http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cpg/ http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cpg/ then I'm not sure what to think. When I was much younger and eager, dealing with posts similar to this always ended up wasting time. So, sure, I'm might just be making an ass out of myself. But I would love for the OP -- who, mind you, has no discernible history to this community -- to prove me wrong rather than you to quip about my writing.
- bestes 18y ago
  HN is the perfect place to find people like this/us. I'm not saying I want to see HN become a job board. But, this sure looks like a credible and serious request to me.
  - davidw 18y ago
    > HN is the perfect place to find people like this/us. I think the best way to find people here is to get to know them through the site, over time, not with an ad, although I don't really care if the odd ad appears here - it's not really damaging, as it's easy to ignore, and doesn't attract the wrong kind of people.
  - mingyeow 18y ago
    agreed
- jakewolf 18y ago
  It would be nice if people looking for cofounders here participated some before abusing it for self serving purposes. Earn some karma first.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  What is an effective way to find a cofounder? I sort of just lucked in to it for my situation. We should have an Ask HN/YC about that once this one is buried..
  - alaskamiller 18y ago
    We can start here: http://searchyc.com/finding+a+cofounder http://searchyc.com/finding+a+cofounder Then we can quote PG: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=77149 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=77149 I don't think HN is a good medium for finding cofounders. This is a place for discussion, and true that's indicative of people's perceived intelligence, but it's not indicative of their real life personality and work behavior. MAKE FRIENDS. MEET PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE AROUND YOU. Put your face into the game. That is the most tried and true way. And if you live in Bumfuck, Egypt, then get the hell out of Dodge and find the way to San Jose (did I use enough idioms in this sentence?).
    - fallentimes 18y ago
      "MAKE FRIENDS. MEET PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE AROUND YOU" This is how I found my cofounder.
  - wheels 18y ago
    Here are a few: - Local startup gatherings - Open source projects - Former jobs - College / grad-school I'd never post something like this original post because it puts you in a situation you don't want to be in later on -- choosing a co-founder isn't something you can do as a snap decision after you meet them. To accomplish the same goal as the original poster, I'd ask something like: "Hi, I'm based in Toronto and considering leaving my current startup to start my own. Any one got any local startup-related events they'd recommend? Or want to meet for a beer somewhere and share tips on the local scene? I'm also going to be popping down to SV in three weeks to check out things there -- any must-not-miss events?"
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mingyeow 18y ago

com'on, i highly commend this guy here. it is plain out impossible to be convinving in a few paragraphs, and he said enough to attract people who might also be looking for a great guy

h34t 18y ago

Many a marriage has started with an offhand comment about the weather, just to break the ice.