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any good tools for this? I tried http://www.matchfounders.com/ http://www.matchfounders.com/ to no avail. Someone at a conference once replied to this excuse of

by zio99 14y ago

any good tools for this? I tried http://www.matchfounders.com/ http://www.matchfounders.com/ to no avail. Someone at a conference once replied to this excuse of mine with "what do you need the founder to find?" have you ever come across this usage of the word "founder"? but I do agree with your comment since I find that even if the co-founders are not as strong a programmer, they're a good launchboard to bounce ideas off of, and keep you in check, be more of a realist while i'm off dreaming.

orangethirty 14y ago
Tools? I don't know of any website that is good for this. Must say that one of my future projects (about a month away) is a website where people who are looking for co-founders can post messages and interact. Its weird that I must build this tools. Though I must admit that finding a co-founder is not as easy as posting an ad on a website. A co-founder is akin to a business wife/husband. You just cant go and marry anyone. There has to be a connection between the two people. Maybe not be best friends, but a common understanding of what the big goal is. Skills must also be somewhat complimentary. I, for one, look for people who have business/management experience and will get things done. I'll take care of the software, they will take care of the management, but we will both (or all) have a say in all things. Maybe the other person might not know an SQL Join from a Python variable, but they can do testing, design feedback, Q&A, R&D, etc. I might not be a good business manager, but I can call people on the phone and get appointments, help with a presentation (or do it myself), help with the marketing, etc. Its not a what you can do versus what I can do, but a what we can do together. Like a marriage.
- caw 14y ago
  I made a site that sounds somewhat like what you're looking for, though it's entirely inert: http://instantfounder.com/ http://instantfounder.com/. I didn't bother launching, it was more so just to make something, and I thought at the end that it wasn't very useful and it wouldn't sell without a bunch of work that I didn't want to put in. I don't own the domain (it was someone else in the group), but short of that I did the rest. I can give you the code if you want.
  - orangethirty 14y ago
    Thank you for the offer. It is very nice of you. I already have all the code written (Python/Flask), and currently working on the UI. I'm not a designer, so things are going slow in that department. Building it for fun and HN cookies. :) PS. I like how you included the input boxes in a paragraph. It is a nice touch.

by zio99 14y ago

orangethirty 14y ago

Tools? I don't know of any website that is good for this. Must say that one of my future projects (about a month away) is a website where people who are looking for co-founders can post messages and interact. Its weird that I must build this tools. Though I must admit that finding a co-founder is not as easy as posting an ad on a website. A co-founder is akin to a business wife/husband. You just cant go and marry anyone. There has to be a connection between the two people. Maybe not be best friends, but a common understanding of what the big goal is. Skills must also be somewhat complimentary. I, for one, look for people who have business/management experience and will get things done. I'll take care of the software, they will take care of the management, but we will both (or all) have a say in all things. Maybe the other person might not know an SQL Join from a Python variable, but they can do testing, design feedback, Q&A, R&D, etc. I might not be a good business manager, but I can call people on the phone and get appointments, help with a presentation (or do it myself), help with the marketing, etc. Its not a what you can do versus what I can do, but a what we can do together. Like a marriage.

caw 14y ago
I made a site that sounds somewhat like what you're looking for, though it's entirely inert: http://instantfounder.com/ http://instantfounder.com/. I didn't bother launching, it was more so just to make something, and I thought at the end that it wasn't very useful and it wouldn't sell without a bunch of work that I didn't want to put in. I don't own the domain (it was someone else in the group), but short of that I did the rest. I can give you the code if you want.
- orangethirty 14y ago
  Thank you for the offer. It is very nice of you. I already have all the code written (Python/Flask), and currently working on the UI. I'm not a designer, so things are going slow in that department. Building it for fun and HN cookies. :) PS. I like how you included the input boxes in a paragraph. It is a nice touch.