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Like I said, I exhausted my personal networks. Think of it as match.com when all else fails. Thought I'd add: I currently have two options - continue executing
by mwerty 18y ago
Like I said, I exhausted my personal networks. Think of it as match.com when all else fails.
Thought I'd add: I currently have two options - continue executing on an idea by myself and hope I'll find someone soon (as a result of the execution) or find someone first and then execute. Which would you pick?
- suhail 18y agoIn my experience, searching aggressively for a co-founder is not very good. You might find someone and they will probably have all sorts of issues (e.g. unmotivated, lacking in skills). Just start building and if you find someone who is interested bring them on board. There are more followers than leaders, be a leader, execute and when you have something cool people will follow. People are more likely to think your ideas are worthy if they can see it rather than you just explaining it anyway and therefore you have higher chances that they will want to join you.
- ivey 18y agoSomeone should actually make a cofounder match site.
- vaksel 18y agoI'm pretty sure one exists already. I remember someone posting a link on HN to it.
- mrtron 18y agoI would never wait for someone to begin executing on an idea, the search could be very long and hard. If you can get things up and running perhaps you could take a few early employees on and not need a cofounder. I actually was in that situation a few years back - I was working on various ideas but nobody I knew had enough interest to give it a full effort. So, I worked a little bit with a few people, but mostly alone, and built stuff. Then I got lucky and reconnected with someone I went to university with things seemed to click pretty well. (yes, that does sound strangely close to a 'how we met' story at a wedding...)
- wheels 18y agoI think in those cases the problem, really, is that your personal network isn't large enough. You'll need a large one as a founder, and there will be an overlap between the people that are useful to know and the people that might make potential co-founders.