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Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder?
I just stumbled upon an old Ask HN with the same topic from 2010 and I thought this could be useful to resurrect.
You should probably mention what you are working on, where you are located, what stage you are in, who you are looking for, what you can bring to the table and a way to contact you.
- dopeboy 11y agoIf you're interested in fashion & tech and based out of NYC, hit me up - arithmetic@gmail.com
- jmcmahon443 11y agoLooking For a Co-Founder http://www.orbert.io/ http://www.orbert.io/ iOS game launching in December 2015. Written in Swift 2.0 with mostly SpriteKit. Team is two: graphic designer + digital musician, also both programmer. About you: have a Mac, use XCode, have been learning Swift. Want to download the most recent El Capitan beta and XCode 7. Are excited to work on a game for iOS 9, which includes the brand new Gameplay Kit and updated SpriteKit. BONUS POINTS: Have a game on the App Store. Are an Objective C ninja. Know how to use storyboards and GameKit for social add-ins. E-Mail me if you're interested: joe@orbert.io Compensation: We have no budget. You will earn 33% of the profits from the game.
- marknadal 11y agoWhat: Open Source Firebase, http://gunDB.io/ http://gunDB.io/ . Realtime, graph, decentralized, javascript database. Stage: Funded, seed stage, with Tim Draper as lead investor. Where: SD, LA, SF, and currently: Provo, Utah. Who: A co-founder that has an academic/technical background and industry respect in databases, and wants to do more administrative/business/Series-A/enterprise/sales/marketing side of the coin. Offer: 20% of the company, a small "cover your needs" $60k salary to start. mark@gunDB.io
- spinlock 11y agoThis looks very cool. Can't wait to try it out.
- untilHellbanned 11y agolooks really interesting, not knowledgeable enough to add value but I'll be excited to see this in action!
- ruffrey 11y agoI find myself needing this every other week. Best of luck. I wish I had time to be more than an onlooker.
- jordigh 11y agoOkay, I'll bite... I'm looking for a cofounder for a small business deal. I want to sell GNU Octave. Something like what the Julia folks are doing[1]. I do not foresee this will be a startup, not a build once, sell infinitely often kind of deal (I don't consider what the Julia people are doing is a startup either). We are in all probability not going to become millionaires. But hopefully we will be doing good in the world and we will find a way to fund others who are. Matlab is huge, and while Julia and Python chip around the edges of its market dominance, we need something like Octave that can take it head-on and be a drop-in replacement. I do mathematics and programming. I know GNU Octave well, and I also know its community. I don't know how to do market research, advertising, how to negotiate contracts, or how to look for funding. If you think you could help me, contact me at jordigh@octave.org [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9516298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9516298
- therobot24 11y agoyou mean sell support right (like what redhat does), or the actual software?
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- jordigh 11y agoBoth. And Red Hat also does both. You don't get access to download their software if you don't pay. If selling custom binaries for Octave works (under the terms of the GPL, of course), we should try that too.
- mdaniel 11y agoI hope we can get this monthly topic added to the "whoishiring" posting routine. Or perhaps this will surface where other's have had success finding matches, provided it doesn't get crushed by the Monday news cycle.
- cdolan92 11y agoPutting my 2 cents in - I think this is a really cool idea. While I'm not actively looking for a co-founder I'd love to read a regular post and see if I could lend a hand to a new project.
- philippnagel 11y agoCould definitely be a useful, regular, monthly post. It seems like there are a lot of interesting projects out there.
- logicallee 11y agoI am toying with the idea of "startup as a service" meaning taking care of anything that is on a startup checklist. That is, taking care of things like incorporation, hosting, even tiny amounts of seed money (a few hundred dollars) so that in this case rather than hitting up family, a 19 year old founder can fail fast anywhere in the world by just building and trying to get traction on our "startup as a service" platform. In other words, making it absolutely, positively, free to start a startup and start getting customers. (With ourselves as investors if it starts getting traction, or, of course, they are free to move off of our platform if they want.) The idea is that nothing should come between a founder and the idea/MVP. Nothing. my ideal cofounder would have considerable experience with legalities, experienced regarding terms (since it's our model), and potentially on board for this as a future source of dealflow (i.e. someone who wants a source of investments personally would be a match as well.). hit me up if you'd like to have this conversation. Things that scale to 10,000 founders: -> Incorporation process with standardized terms -> Docker containers with hosting (that we host) that we can look into and judge actual traction (to keep founders from wasting any time whatsoever on a seed round, no matter how disconnected they might be - traction unlocks it automatically, they should just build, build, build) -> collective service agreements on behalf of all our founders, so that we can take care of service integrations. For example giving all our founders stripe integration so they can start billing for whatever they put up. -> Basically everything that can be taken off of a startup checklist, when someone is first starting out and doesn't want to be distracted for weeks with business and service arrangements that are not about building product! -> Streamlining a PR process by having key contacts get a steady stream of stories of traction by our founders.
- scriptman 11y agoI have been mulling over a similar idea. I was thinking about including the creation of an MVP as part of the offering to encourage non-technical founders to get involved. However, the financial model I had been thinking about was that I would charge the founders at cost for time and materials for all the initial set up. With scale you could do it much faster and cheaper than they could and would reduce their risk. Max implementation time frame of 2 months. Hard limits on scope creep/late changes. Use frameworks to make implementation as fast as possible. Probably cost the founders $20k - $30k. You want them to pay up front to make sure they are committed to the project and aren't just wasting your time. I would head towards having standard code bases for various types of start up models. Retain 20% equity in the start up that you've helped create. Worst case scenario, the start up goes nowhere and you've covered costs. Best case start up does well and you've got 20% equity. It's a good deal for founders because they reduce their risks, they get speed to market and they have access to a development team for further development if they get traction.
- geoffw8 11y agoI'm actually looking for a biz dev/sales type person who is familiar with the digital ad sales space/publishing space. Location doesn't matter right now except would be great if you were in a (relevant) major city. I'm in Bali right now, Malaysia & Singapore next week, Tokyo for the rest of July. Product is there, currently talking to people about it. Best to get me on advgeoff@gmail.com (Intentional obfuscation)
- morgante 11y agoLooking for: a domain expert with a great idea they want help on executing Me: a full stack developer with some startup & business experience Why: I have savings and a drive to launch a startup, but no good ideas Where: NYC currently Contact: me@morgante.net
- dnautics 11y agoI'm working on developing open source pharmaceuticals. I'm located in Oakland, CA. The stage is "on-paper only". Looking mostly for someone who is on the business end of things (referrals welcome). I've got the tech down. I am probably okay at but could use help getting media attention, and I am probably not good at: wrangling legal issues, and (most importantly) developing business relationships with commercial partners. The plan is to enter an incubator to pilot a proof of concept and then seek seed investment. I also have a strategic plan (hires, etc) on taking the seed to a series A with MVP potential. Requirements: Passion for the idea of expanding open source. You're also willing for the company to make 1 billion, instead of 10, but leave the world a better place. An ability to understand and communicate either biology, code, or both. Bonus points for experience in law/IP materials. Contact info in profile.
- spiritplumber 11y agoDo you want to talk bioprinters? I got one built.
- ux-app 11y agoI've developed https://www.ux-app.com https://www.ux-app.com, I'm looking for someone to partner up with who is interested in business development/marketing. If you're a UX or Interaction Designer with an interest in business dev and marketing then I'd be keen to hear from you too. my email is eli@ux-app.com
- moron4hire 11y agoPrimrose Editor is a syntax-highlighting text editor component for virtual reality applications built in web browsers. Very soon, it will be a framework for creating applications and games in WebVR: https://www.primroseeditor.com/ I have also developed haptic devices for use with VR applications. We will pitch consulting services in VR to universities, hospitals, retail spaces, reception halls, etc., to continue to build out the framework. The framework will be the core technology to games and applications we create. I'm looking for help with biz dev, marketing, sales, systems ops, and software development. Contact me through my HN profile.
- davyjones 11y agoLooking for a co-founder who has a strong ML background for SaaS business in retail/brick'n'mortar space.
- rubiquity 11y agoML as in MatLab or OCaml/Standard ML?
- reverius42 11y agoProbably machine learning?
- rodrickbrown 11y agoHe means machine learning.
- rubiquity 11y agoI guess this further shows how ambiguous of an acronym ML is.
- white-flame 11y agoWait, which Machine Language are we talking about?
- spiritplumber 11y agoI kind of am. Been doing done stuff since 2009, considering taking it past "personal project" and into something bigger. I've refused money from, among others, NASA and Google. http://www.robots-everywhere.com/ http://www.robots-everywhere.com/
- himanshuy 11y agoIt looks awesome. Is there way to get in touch with you?
- spiritplumber 11y agomkb@robots-everywhere will do it :)
- jonathanjaeger 11y agoWhat: HypedSound, http://www.hypedsound.com http://www.hypedsound.com, soon to be http://www.hype.co http://www.hype.co, community where creatives can upload their media and sync their social networks to one simple, clean profile to showcase to their audience. Currently have API integrations with Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, YouTube, Instagram, and tumblr. Example: http://www.hypedsound.com/hypedsound http://www.hypedsound.com/hypedsound Stage: Self-funded, bootstrapping Where: NYC, but willing to talk to people elsewhere Who: Django developer who wants to help take the site and community to the next level. I'm the only person in the company, I work with freelancers, so I can offer very fair equity and possible stipend/contract work to start. Contact: jonathan@hypedsound.com
- SeanAnderson 11y agoHey everyone, I develop Streamus, https://streamus.com https://streamus.com // https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamus/jbnkffmindojffecdhbbmekbmkkfpmjd/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/streamus/jbnkffmin... Streamus is a browser extension alternative to Spotify powered by YouTube. I have been developing the software for ~3 years and it currently has 300K active users. I'm interested in working towards a first round of funding after having misc. angels express interest in the past. I live in San Luis Obispo, CA (smack dab in the middle between LA and SF). I'm mostly looking for another developer fluent in JavaScript to aid in development. Bonus points for having a business/start-up background. I'd like to think I bring a lot to the table. I'm currently coasting on savings while working on Streamus full-time, unpaid. I contract ~12hrs/wk to cover bare necessities. I have 4 yrs xp as lead developer of a small software company and am an active contributor to Backbone.Marionette, one of the leading open-source JavaScript frameworks. My efforts on Streamus are well known on Reddit with my latest marketing efforts resulting in the #4 post of all time in r/music, http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/2sypcn/seven_months_ago_i_showed_rmusic_my_software/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/2sypcn/seven_months_a.... My efforts have also been featured on TechCrunch, LifeHacker, TheNextWeb, Product Hunt (twice), and many other tech. blogs. I've declined a potential position at YouTube Music in order to pursue this project further. Feel free to hit me up at admin@streamus.com for any business inquiries, or if you just want to chat and learn more about the product. :) Cheers
- w1ntermute 11y agoI don't know Sean or anything about Streamus as a business, but I use it on a regular basis and it's a really well thought out Chrome extension. It would be great to see support for easier sharing of user-created playlists (beyond copying/pasting URLs), such as an official & searchable repository with ranked lists of playlists for different genres and purposes (reading, coding, etc.).
- SeanAnderson 11y ago:) It really would be nice. It's been on my mind and I've been gradually taking steps to evolve the website into something usable for that purpose, but, for now, I have a firm priority list of things which need to get done that users don't care much about. YouTube TOS concerns (nothing huge, I've worked through them with YouTube I just need to finish writing the code), some security/oauth concerns, and getting SoundCloud added as an additional catalog source. Once those things are done I'd expect a lot of the 'smaller' features to get implemented very quickly. You can see a full list of feature requests here: https://github.com/MeoMix/StreamusChromeExtension/issues https://github.com/MeoMix/StreamusChromeExtension/issues. I haven't embellished on all of the ideas yet, but the list should give you a general idea of what I think needs to happen -- including improving the UX of sharing playlists.
- dkrvt 11y agoI have developed Nirror https://www.nirror.com/ https://www.nirror.com/ a SaaS solution designed to support your customers on your website in real-time. Looking for a bizdev / co-founder with experience on bootstrapping this kind of service. The company is located in Paris, France but your location should not matter. Contact me at tug@nirror.com
- andy 11y agoI'd like to build a competitor to Betterment. I'm looking for someone to help me follow the steps to becoming a brokerage, find funding, and to build the app and website and tools needed. I found this http://www.investopedia.com/professionals/faqs/general/210105.asp http://www.investopedia.com/professionals/faqs/general/21010... I have the domain greenrobot.com and an LLC. My email is andy at greenrobot.com
- maxsavin 11y agoI started in the design/marketing side of things and worked my way to the back-end. I created apps that you can see at http://maxsavin.com http://maxsavin.com I'm looking for a co-founder who would like to focus on back-end so I can get back to design/marketing/etc.
- thebaer 11y agoI'm a technical founder (full stack + Android), currently bootstrapping a no sign-up, private/anonymous blogging platform. I've got the architecture and apps built out and in "beta," so the last step is building out optional user accounts and the premium features to go along with it. I'm looking for someone primarily with business/marketing experience who's done this before, or someone technical who knows security and/or iOS. But above all, I need someone who believes in developing more privacy-focused tech. I'm trying to build a long-term business, and this product is just the start of a bigger picture I have in mind. I'm based out of Jacksonville, FL, but location shouldn't matter. My email is matt@write.as.
- fidz 11y agoAn internet of things startup based on South East Asia, Indonesia. To be precise, Depok district in West Java. No funding at least for now (still struggling building the product). Currently we are creating something to easily track expedition truck. We are looking for people who understand about embedded system and ZigBee. Feel free to mail me d2F6YSBhdCBmYXN0bWFpbCBkb3QganA= (please decode that base64. I hate spam) Hint: ODB bus, distributed network. At the backend, we use Postgres and Rails.
- meesterdude 11y agoI am not "actively" seeking a co-founder, but if the right person comes a long and we're in sync on the right things, i'm open to the idea. But I don't mind DIY either. working on: The rebolder, an online social news site with a focus on donating to charities and providing an experience worth paying for in itself. There are no upvotes/downvotes but instead voteable tags, signup requires donation to charity, enchanced paid posting options and VIP accounts with more vote weight. Stack: Rails + Postgres + ES I live in Philadelphia. Who I'm looking for: deeply ethical pragmatist and social capitalist, willing to make a living serving a public good on multiple fronts, not a build & flip. Interest in news and newspapers and associated history. Absolute unwavering loyalty to the users and their best interests. What I bring to the table: everything that's not financials or legal, more or less. Stage: mostly designed and built, a few integrations and tweaks to go. Contact: r.rebolderco@ruru.name
- GnomeChomsky 11y agoThis sounds very cool—sign me up for the beta if/when that's available!
- jorkos 11y agoI'm a somewhat technical founder currently bootstrapping an elearning startup - Tapfun. Although I have a biz dev / marketing background, I wanted to be able to contribute on the product so I rolled up my sleeves and built all of our iOS apps to date. I grew up with computers but was never deeply technical (just building websites for extra income). We have over 1M downloads on iPad and everyday tens of thousands of young students use our apps. Recently I hired some contractors to help build the next gen of our products with a proper backend. We have our first school client for the platform and they are rolling out an app for all of their grade 1 students using this technology (in place: contract iOS dev, backend, front end). I've realized that I really need a technical partner so that I can trust someone to really own the technical side of the business and I will focus on raising a seed round and growing the customer base. I'm planning to move from Toronto to the US in the fall (either NYC or San Fran) depending on how my accelerator applications go. Even though i've been at this for 3+ years i'm open to bringing in a cofounder. Seeking full stack expertise (bonus points for ML experience) with a desire to make a huge impact in the learning space. Drop me a line (email in profile) to chat about how education will change in the future.
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- chroem- 11y agoCurrently working on Uber for supercomputers. Would appreciate someone who is also college-aged in the Seattle/ north Puget Sound area. I've got a website and a working prototype. If interested, email chroem@uw.edu .
- ams6110 11y agoWhat is "Uber for supercomputers?" I can't think of any interpretation that makes any sense to me.
- timr 11y ago"The Cloud"
- empressplay 11y agotime sharing
- chroem- 11y agoIt's a volunteer supercomputer network made from commodity PC's.
- abbottry 11y agoShould checkout http://scienceexchange.com/ http://scienceexchange.com/ while not the target, you can get access to super computers through the marketplace.
- jiahen 11y agoI'm working on vrcollab.com. We are trying to create a HTML like 3d standard and editor for virtual reality. How do you represent <table> in 3d? A 3d table. We are located in sunny Singapore. We just got our first seed funding. We are looking for another developer that is fluent in Javascript and interested in Webgl and WebVR. Or, Graphic (opengl) guy that is interested in bringing 3d to web. It is an interesting project, the project will be open source (good career boost) and we got the funding! We will be providing Singapore working visa. My email is jia@vrcollab.com
- lsiebert 11y agoUmm... you know there is a standard for that. VRML was the original, but X3D is it's successor.
- jiahen 11y agoYup, canvas to webgl SVG to X3d (declarative 3d) But I want to build a modular html like standard with the power of web component. Drop me an email if you wan to discuss more!
- ruby_on_tails 11y agoCurrently working on a new type of design course at http://designflicks.com http://designflicks.com which aims to teach good visual design to coders, startups, beginners who basically start crying when it comes to designing nice things. People who can build things but not nice looking things is our target market. The videos are creating using a inhouse animation engine which provides some cool effects right in the browser which is then screencasted for production. Based in India, feel free to contact me @ rubyontails@gmail.com I am looking to team up with designers who can design good looking things with a logical explaination. Also looking for people who can market and sell the course. Location isn't a problem since remote work is pretty good for me.
- benjismith 11y agoI'm the founder of Shaxpir, a word-processor in the cloud for fiction authors. I have a software engineering background, so I build the MVP myself. After two years of prototyping, I just launched the beta 2 months ago, and by now there are about 100 people using the beta. It's a desktop app built with web technologies (like Slack or Atom) and a Java backend on AWS with Elasticsearch. Anyhow, I'm getting ready to start raising money in a few months, after the beta ends and we launch the product publicly. I've already recruited two co-founders, but I'm looking for a VP of Engineering. I'm based in Portland, OR, so somebody in the PNW would be ideal. Here's a teaser video introducing the product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFG8fpYkDxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFG8fpYkDxA And the product website is here: http://www.shaxpir.com http://www.shaxpir.com You can email at benji@shaxpir.com if you're interested.
- nrs26 11y agoThat is very cool. Congrats on a great project - it looks awesome.
- quadrature 11y agoThat is incredibly cool and great product video too.
- lexap 11y agoCool product, but how big is the market?
- benjismith 11y agoHave you ever read a book? Seen a movie? Bought a comic book? It's a big market.
- mozumder 11y agoI have a fashion-media startup called FutureClaw - it's both a print magazine and a website - that I bootstrapped and work on part-time over the last several years: http://www.futureclaw.com http://www.futureclaw.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureClaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureClaw We've been featured in E!, Vanity Fair, Style.com, etc. I do all aspects of the business myself, including graphic design, editing, writing, publicity, as well as full-stack web development in Django. I also deal with hundreds/thousands of the worlds top fashion brands, creatives, publicists, etc., that I've carefully built relationships with over the years. I'm looking for people that would like to create the next top fashion media brand. I'm open to ideas and also have a lot of original ideas in this space, from basic web-tech, to high-end e-commerce, advertising, photography, and more. All this could be based on what I've done and the relationships I've built. These brand relationships are so important. I've seen so many fashion startups go under because they don't have work with the top brands or creative people, or are just out-of-touch stylistically and don't know the market. Anyways my background is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mozumder https://www.linkedin.com/in/mozumder I'm in the Washington, DC area if you want to meet. You can contact me at: info@futureclaw.com
- viksit 11y agoI've built a working prototype of an intelligent system that can act as a virtual assistant for a narrow set of tasks. Think what clara labs or magic try to do - they are partly human and partly automated. Here's my earlier post [1] with more details. I'm looking for a cofounder with, * A CS background (algorithms/ml) * (Some) experience in implementing machine learning systems * (Some) experience in low latency web services * Generalist coding skills In case you're into product stuff - lets chat as well! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9565645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9565645
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- overload119 11y agoI'm building an online community of rappers, lyricists, and producers to write and share rap songs, collaborate, learn how to freestyle, improve their craft, etc. Tech + creative tools (natural language processing, lyrical analysis, etc.) + community = best place to get better at making hip hop. http://www.rappad.co http://www.rappad.co This is a side project for me, but it's been going pretty well recently and I've gotten excited about it. I'm looking for anyone that would like to help. It is built with Rails.
- Kevin_S 11y agoThis is awesome, digging the site. Shoot me an email, it's in my profile.
- marekf 11y agoWhat: classic online games (chess, bridge etc.) http://www.playok.com/ http://www.playok.com/ http://www.kurnik.pl/ http://www.kurnik.pl/ (in Polish) Location: Warsaw, Poland Stage: self-funded, profitable Who: full-stack developer with strong html5/hybrid apps skills; obsessive about design, minimalism, ux More info in Polish: http://www.kurnik.pl/misc/ninja/ http://www.kurnik.pl/misc/ninja/
- gabemart 11y agoI like the clean look of your games. Was it tough building traffic when you got started? How did you go about it?
- pycassa 11y agoI have a request, poker texas holdem please :P Two player.. for now.. All I have for a simple poker game, that I can play is a flash game written 9 years back..? http://www.geewa.com/poker-texas-hold-em http://www.geewa.com/poker-texas-hold-em all others are desktop apps with registration and things like that.. I was soo excited when I found your link and saw several games, only to realize there is no poker :( Thank you..
- rottyguy 11y agotech guy with domain proximiny.com interested in playing around with ideas involving mobile/local based on user location. if you share the same interest, hit me up at lbs@proximiny.com and let's chat to see if there's a match located in nyc matt
- Aloha 11y agoI'm looking for a technical co-founder for a geolocation app.
- threefour 11y agoWe're building a 'TurboTax for personal financial plans.' Think LearnVest but automated instead of using human financial advisors. http://www.nickelhq.com http://www.nickelhq.com I'm a product designer and my co-founder is a certified financial planner. We're using lean startup and as of our eighth prototype I've maxed out my programming skills. We're looking for a technical co-founder to join us. Contact me at victor (at) nickelhq.com
- no1youknowz 11y agoDisclaimer: I'm in the adult industry. Not looking for a co-founder. But looking for someone who can help with a current project with ML (Machine Learning). My company is in the ad space. I built the platform which is a mix of an ad server, tracking platform and email system with the data sharable among all pillars. We buy traffic globally on a monthly basis and are able to generate our own banners, landing pages and email templates. Through that inventory, we can spin any text and images for multi-variate testing. In addition, we can capture things like referrer, category, geo-location, mobile carrier/isp, device meta (30 data points), time spent on page, funnel activity and come out with many many data points for reporting to see what works and what doesn't. I am looking for someone to help with the ML aspect. To analyse the data and optimise campaigns automatically, that is change the headline, call to action, hero image for the banner/landing page/offer page and also decide what is working and what not working across campaigns, pages, offers, images, text, etc. Potentially there is a lot of data to pour over. In addition, I'd love to start figuring out how to analyse and catelog images in our repository. To give them scores and work out if certain images rank higher than others for certain categories. Where I would want to get to. Is to get higher conversions for what we are selling when a user clicks a banner and lands on a specific sales page. Depending on the origin, the ML bot would test the best converting headline, copy, image for conversion and eventually have a winner. If you want to talk more, hit me up on my username @gmail.com. Thanks
- no1youknowz 11y agoVery appreciative of the replies I have had so far. Unfortunately, there are no positions for just software developers. I'm looking specifically for Machine Learning developers and that you already have put a project consisting of ML into production already.
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- throwaway84557 11y agoI'm a technical founder building an easy way for consumers to seek justice against the large corporations we are forced to deal with every day (Comcast, Verizon, Bank of America) via small claims. I'm seeking a legal cofounder to shape the product to be compliant and effective. Currently building prototype. Email throwaway84557@gmail.com
- fapjacks 11y agoBest of luck to you. I have considered something like this before. This would be very important work, and I really hope you succeed. Thank you.
- deet 11y agoI am working on Wealth.ai (https://www.wealth.ai/ https://www.wealth.ai/) -- a virtual financial assistant that consumers communicate with using natural language. I have a technical background and am working with an excellent designer who has experience in an adjacent space. We're in NYC and SF, respectively. We're looking for people on two fronts: marketing and technical (especially NLP and machine learning for technical folks). We've been operating with the plan of not bringing anyone else on, and have an excellent product nearing initial release, but would love to bring on someone with complimentary skills if there were a great match. I'm also just happy to chat if you'd like. My email is in my profile.
- entropy03 11y agoThe project: file version control for the non - programming demographic. Project status: About to release first version. Currently in the process of raising seed funding. Looking for: Technical Co-Founder: Past Experience in Cloud infrastructure such as Azure/AWS/Rackspace. If you are not from a technical side, I would still love to hear from you. Location: Bangalore, India Contact: workatcatalyst@gmail.com
- delinquentme 11y agoperforce?
- confiscate 11y agoLooking for folks who are interested in working on IoT startups. Hit me up if this interests you!
- mi3law 11y agoHey, I'm interested and have relevant tech and non-tech background in the space. My email is in my profile; couldn't find yours.
- cartoonfoxes 11y agoIt might? IoT is _slightly_ nonspecific.
- codejamm 11y agoIt does. jamm@outlook.com Thanks.
- louisswiss 11y agoOne for the non-technical guys out there... I'm working on Mondable - the best way to make new connections. I started 1 month ago (in Zurich, CH) and have paying users & very strong growth. We're expanding to other cities (including NYC, London & Berlin) in July and I'm looking for non-technical people with experience in sales/marketing/UX, if possible with experience of the dating or headhunting industries. Everything from a full cofounder position down to paid city-ambassador positions (3-5h/week, only in major cities) are on the table. Get in touch via hireme@mondable.ch and find out more at http://www.mondable.ch http://www.mondable.ch Thanks :)
- mandeepj 11y agoWe are working on creating a smart ecommerce platform for women's clothing. People face following two problems while shopping online - 1. They are not able to buy all the matching things which can complete their look. Please visit here to see what I mean - http://www.janjuaclothing.com/black-white-net-dress http://www.janjuaclothing.com/black-white-net-dress . There is a section called 'Complete The Look'. We recommend items in this section based upon the current dress. This would be all done automatically. We are working on it 2. Finding the right size. We are also working on this. We will recommend perfect fitting brands\clothes to our users based upon their size. We are going to do without asking a single question to our users. I am looking for a co-founder who have strong background in sales\marketing\business development especially in fashion industry. I have technical background. My email is in my profile.
- miguelrochefort 11y agoThere are too many apps out there (that includes websites). Hence, I'm building something that will replace them all (or 80%, to be realistic). I don't care what you are, as long as you agree with the premise. This is your project too. PS: For those who lack imagination, think of it as "what would computers and the internet look like if they were invented today".
- philippnagel 11y agoI am intrigued. How could one contact you?
- miguelrochefort 11y agoLet's start here. Otherwise email me. I'm easy to find.
- philippnagel 11y agoMy E-Mail address can be found on my HN-profile. It's a pretty bold, revolutionary statement and I can't seem to figure out the so-called obvious solution. Is it an "interface to everything" like viv.ai [0]? [0]: http://viv.ai http://viv.ai
- miguelrochefort 11y agoEven though viv.ai sounds almost exactly like what I'm working on, there are important differences. I would say that viv.ai, being an AI, is more ambitious than my vision. One of the main superficial difference between viv.ai and my project is speech. I don't believe that speech is a very good interface, and I have no plan to make it part of my system. I have no doubt that viv.ai has the potential to be as good or better than Google Now, Cortana and Siri, but their focus on speech and natural language interface (from my perspective) will prove to be a huge limitation. Without an interface that forces people to think and communicate more clearly (i.e., not speech), they won't elevate humanity.
- arminius0 11y agoRight now it's two of us. We are in NYC and Chicago. We raised a small amount of debt from an advisor. We have developed a long-short trading model based on data mining of SEC filings. We have innovated on academic white papers in our area. Between the two of us, we have a background in tech, software, math, sales, and marketing. Our latest selection model has a Sharpe over 90 but there are only one or two such opportunities per year; we have another model with Sharpe over 3 that offers more plentiful opportunities. We are looking for someone experienced and connected in quantitative finance to join the team. Email admin@armini.us with LinkedIn or whatever.
- rsmsky1 11y agoI'm looking for a cofounder. I am a Full Stack Developer with Android experience and getting into Swift. I am looking for either another developer, a designer or a business person. I'm working on a project to help people to maintain their weight or at least stop gaining weight and shift towards eating healthier food and exercise so they can be more productive and feel better.
- Kevin_S 11y agoThis is something I am passionate about. Business person here. Email in my profile.
- buzz0763 11y agolooking for a cofounder with experience in apache spark, rails, and search. I founded http://bookprice.co http://bookprice.co .. feel free to hit me up at team@bookprice.co if you are interested in building a search and fulfillment engine for not just books ;)
- kosmic 11y agoBusiness person looking for a technical guy interested in building a location-based social discovery app. Particular market space open to be dominated :) App is already designed and mapped out, high potential, already building interest with future users, just need a code warrior (or two) to build. Quit my job to work on this so I can only offer equity, but I can guarantee funding will come easy once we have an MVP out. I have already received interest from some investors, but I need a team and a usable product. If you leave a comment with your contact info, I'll email you the link to the website so you can check it and see if it sparks your interest.
- devopsproject 11y ago> but I can guarantee funding will come easy once we have an MVP out you can't guarantee anything and this will be a huge red flag to anyone with half a brain
- kosmic 11y agoHaha, ok. So I was a bit salesy with my description :) I've already received offers of investments, but they were in small amounts (~10k) that I didn't ask for and didn't accept (why give equity for such small amounts?). Technically I could guarantee funding, but indeed, I can't guarantee specifics like how much, when. I can say that the likelihood is optimistic.
- pcmaffey 11y agoHi all, Product designer here. My project is Bicycl. I'm reimagining the calendar app for freelancers and people who don't need to schedule every hour of every day. Bicycl gives people a way to track their progress over time, starting with ideas and to-dos (future), to what you accomplish and learn (past). http://bicycl.co http://bicycl.co On a meta level, I'm fascinated by our perception of time--how we learn from our past, our personal cycles, how we expect things and believe in the future--and ultimately, how that impacts the rate at which we grow, progress, and create meaningful work. On a practical level, there are gazillions of apps for managing future work, and only a small handful for retrospectives, but none that put it all together in a useful daily calendar, especially for the vast majority of people who don't use or need a schedule to micro-manage their time. Over the past year, I've launched 2 mvp iterations to test different aspects of the concept (social, retrospective), and am now starting to build the next iteration. I'm open to receiving help in many forms. I'm a jack-of-all-trades (master of none), currently making a living as a designer based in Boulder, CO. I'm mostly looking to join forces with an iOS developer. Though, a cofounder who can take a technical lead on all aspects of a consumer app's growth (eg Evernote) would be ideal. Local's great, but I've also been working successfully with people remotely forever. Talent and heart foremost. So if you're interested, or have questions or inquiries, give me a shout at peter@bicycl.co or http://twitter.com/@crackedboulder http://twitter.com/@crackedboulder. PS. Long time lurker, first time poster. Thanks HN.
- gregjarm 11y agoFYI - tried to add my email on your site and received error Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/bicyclco/public_html/download.php:4) in /home/bicyclco/public_html/download.php on line 48
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- pcmaffey 11y agoThanks Greg, fixed now.
- gremlinsinc 11y agoI'm working on an app for foodtrucks that's yelp/urban spoon on the consumer side, but for FoodTrucks it's a POS, Employee management, Catering Management tool. - List your meals for the day and location and all users will be able to find you on the map. They can also order on the app and skip the line to make you have more time to make food, than take orders. It'll also have loyalty programs built in, etc.. Price point will be around $50/month/truck. Also a free tier -just for listing current locations.
- jxm262 11y agoJust saw this a day late :( I'm looking to join with someone(s) to help collaborate on ideas and build something. I have an idea curation list on Trello. If anyone wants to look at it and add to it, possibly join forces let me know - jxm262@gmail.com
- philippnagel 11y agoCan't you just post a public link? I would love to have a look and add something.
- jxm262 11y agoJust saw this a day late :( I'm looking to join with someone(s) to help collaborate on ideas and build something. I have an idea curation list on Trello. If anyone wants to look at it and add to it, possibly join forces let me know - jxm262@gmail.com p.s. I work mostly as a Full Stack web dev with either JavaScript (node.js) or Scala. Would prefer to find someone in a similar domain
- dpnewman 11y agoGreat thread! I created Post.As – a social platform for creating and sharing web pages. Drag and drop design with text/media/embedded players etc. "Instagram for web pages" • Current version live at http://post.as http://post.as: A very simple page creation tool - allows pushing pages out to feeds / following members. •• The next version - simple page creation with ability to add powerful widgets for all kinds of social interaction. A social network like clay. Instead of content sitting inside of the social network's brand - every page on network is visually designed/owned by members. A kind of "subweb" vision with API for creation of widgets. I am sole coder/designer (angularjs/rails). Looking to build team or find right collaboration. A few example pages on current site: http://post.as/PostAs:9254687 http://post.as/PostAs:9254687 - Mcsweeny's mashup http://post.as/DanNewman:6079957 http://post.as/DanNewman:6079957 - Hotel Utah show http://post.as/DanNewman:2782425 http://post.as/DanNewman:2782425 - Videos with original music Email me: dan@post.as
- human0id 11y agoI'm a serial entrepreneur & young angel investor, with some coding background, but most of my value-add is in growth, sales, marketing, and other aspects of building a business. I'm searching for my next venture - to start or join - and seeking a talented tech founder or team, with some idea in dmind. I'm interested in / have insight into real estate, media, subscription services, uber-for-x. I also enjoy studying security, but have no special insight into the field, and am open to projects outside my core interests. I'm happy to share more over email or skype. I don't have any particular project in mind (well, more specifically, I have too many projects in mind and can't seem to be inspired to dive into either of them full time just yet). I'm also happy to provide some feedback and guidance on your project even if we don't end up working together.