Don't waste time looking for a technical co-founder. If all you have is an idea, you'll never find one. Ideas are a dime a dozen, and most programmers get pitch

Don't waste time looking for a technical co-founder. If all you have is an idea, you'll never find one. Ideas are a dime a dozen, and most programmers get pitched all the time with "build me my site, do all the work, we'll make millions, and you'll get half of equity!" So unless you already have legitimacy by getting some funding, you'll just be wasting time. The problem is that if the programmer truly has the entrepreneurial spirit to take the plunge, chances are that they are already doing their own startup, and don't need your idea. I say go with one of those freelancer sites, get someone to build you something basic, and then when you have a more or less ready product..then you can try looking for that techie co-founder. This way you'll actually have something to offer to the coder, and on the plus side, you won't need to give away most of your equity for something that'll cost you a few thousand dollars.