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Ask HN: Who's Looking for Co-Founders?

16 points by kvnn 14y ago

I suggest a monthly post similar to "Who's Hiring?". What do you think?

kvnn 14y ago
Los Angeles, CA Remote okay --------------- I'm a Python / JS developer in Los Angeles building an action-sports startup (Strava meets Meetup). Wireframes are 80% complete, and we're currently looking for a co-founder who can help build the iOS app. We have good (not yet great) monetization plans and a very solid wireframe (50%, 23 pages pen and paper). I have extremely potent early-adopter ties and multiple paths to funding. If you have any interest, please don't hesitate to reach out: Kevin Riggen kriggen@gmail.com 661.600.6830 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602 GitHub: http://github.com/kvnn http://github.com/kvnn
- whichdan 14y ago
  Your LinkedIn link is broken.
  - kvnn 14y ago
    Thank you.
mootothemax 14y ago
I think this is a very difficult problem to solve. I would love to team up with the right person, who has real, credible business skills. However, I think this is just as difficult, if not more so, as a talented business guy looking for a programmer to partner up with. There is definitely cross-over between the two; having a programmer co-founder that you can't take long to sales meetings is an opportunity lost. And if you can't discuss difficult problems with your business founder, you're also missing out. I fondly remember, several years ago, sitting down with my boss and explaining to him the problem I was working on at the time, and how, if I explained it without any technical mumbo-jumbo, he'd come up with solutions I hadn't thought of. That was really productive, and deeply satisfying for both of us. I suppose where I'm going with this is that I think looking for co-founder should take more from the dating world than from the hiring world. Have a few meetings up front, test the waters with a few small projects before leaping in to bed together. Because let's face it: co-founding is another form of marriage.
- kvnn 14y ago
  This is probably a common perspective, but I think that often times finding a co-founder is not "business person looking for tech person" or vice-versa.
- guero 14y ago
  I couldn't agree more with the dating analogy. I met my gf on match.com and years later was looking for a co-founder. I couldn't find one at first, and my focus became the 'co-founder finding problem'. Applying that analogy, out came www.founder2be.com which has taken on a life of its own :) Best of success to you!
jamesjguthrie 14y ago
I'm in the same boat as "mootothemax" - I would also love to team up with the right co-founder. Though, I'd want us both to do the tech and business work. I'm not actively looking because I'm going to attempt to do the business work after I finish building my MVP.
- jamesjguthrie 14y ago
  Hell, if you want to contact me about the possibility of teaming up then details are on my profile.
- tim_moon 14y ago
  I'm doing the same. Don't know many people who're interested in doing a startup for the right reasons, so I'm just focusing on building the MVP and keeping things going while I keep an eye out for a potential co-founder.
helen842000 14y ago
If you're a developer working on a project & would like some help with it, please let me know. I have some coding experience but mainly my background is in technical & customer support & product development. I guess this would be ideal for a developer that wants to focus on new features & updates & not the business side. I think it would be a fair swap in exchange for some friendly development advice & tips when I get stuck on my own projects. I think this kind of exchange is a good starting point for anyone looking for a potential co-founder as it may lead to joint ventures. Anyone interested, my email is in my profile.
andrewhillman 14y ago
Good idea, just follow through w/ monthly postings and it should take off. It's up to you. Go for it.

16 points by kvnn 14y ago

I suggest a monthly post similar to "Who's Hiring?". What do you think?

kvnn 14y ago

Los Angeles, CA Remote okay --------------- I'm a Python / JS developer in Los Angeles building an action-sports startup (Strava meets Meetup). Wireframes are 80% complete, and we're currently looking for a co-founder who can help build the iOS app. We have good (not yet great) monetization plans and a very solid wireframe (50%, 23 pages pen and paper). I have extremely potent early-adopter ties and multiple paths to funding. If you have any interest, please don't hesitate to reach out: Kevin Riggen kriggen@gmail.com 661.600.6830 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602 GitHub: http://github.com/kvnn http://github.com/kvnn

whichdan 14y ago
Your LinkedIn link is broken.
- kvnn 14y ago
  Thank you.

mootothemax 14y ago

I think this is a very difficult problem to solve. I would love to team up with the right person, who has real, credible business skills. However, I think this is just as difficult, if not more so, as a talented business guy looking for a programmer to partner up with. There is definitely cross-over between the two; having a programmer co-founder that you can't take long to sales meetings is an opportunity lost. And if you can't discuss difficult problems with your business founder, you're also missing out. I fondly remember, several years ago, sitting down with my boss and explaining to him the problem I was working on at the time, and how, if I explained it without any technical mumbo-jumbo, he'd come up with solutions I hadn't thought of. That was really productive, and deeply satisfying for both of us. I suppose where I'm going with this is that I think looking for co-founder should take more from the dating world than from the hiring world. Have a few meetings up front, test the waters with a few small projects before leaping in to bed together. Because let's face it: co-founding is another form of marriage.

kvnn 14y ago
This is probably a common perspective, but I think that often times finding a co-founder is not "business person looking for tech person" or vice-versa.
guero 14y ago
I couldn't agree more with the dating analogy. I met my gf on match.com and years later was looking for a co-founder. I couldn't find one at first, and my focus became the 'co-founder finding problem'. Applying that analogy, out came www.founder2be.com which has taken on a life of its own :) Best of success to you!

jamesjguthrie 14y ago

I'm in the same boat as "mootothemax" - I would also love to team up with the right co-founder. Though, I'd want us both to do the tech and business work. I'm not actively looking because I'm going to attempt to do the business work after I finish building my MVP.

jamesjguthrie 14y ago
Hell, if you want to contact me about the possibility of teaming up then details are on my profile.
tim_moon 14y ago
I'm doing the same. Don't know many people who're interested in doing a startup for the right reasons, so I'm just focusing on building the MVP and keeping things going while I keep an eye out for a potential co-founder.

helen842000 14y ago

If you're a developer working on a project & would like some help with it, please let me know. I have some coding experience but mainly my background is in technical & customer support & product development. I guess this would be ideal for a developer that wants to focus on new features & updates & not the business side. I think it would be a fair swap in exchange for some friendly development advice & tips when I get stuck on my own projects. I think this kind of exchange is a good starting point for anyone looking for a potential co-founder as it may lead to joint ventures. Anyone interested, my email is in my profile.

andrewhillman 14y ago

Good idea, just follow through w/ monthly postings and it should take off. It's up to you. Go for it.