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Where can I meet a cool and smart co-founder in the SF Bay area?

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I have had a couple ideas for a few months that I want to start hacking on. I have some coding skills but I would need someone with hax0r skills to help me make this happen. Where is a good place to meet parties interested in forging powerful alliances for good?

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When you ask questions like this, you really need to state where exactly you live. If you don't, all answers are going to be vague generalities since we can't say "Stop by your local Founder's Exchange". However, if you said, "I'm in Pittsburgh and looking to meet a cool and smart co-founder," then I know a dozen different places to meet people, and there's probably a bunch of people on HN from your town too who might grab a beer and introduce you to people.

I'm in Pittsburgh and looking to meet a cool and smart co-founder. Well, sort of. :)

Where are you best places in the Burgh to find tech entrepreneurs?

Find places that coders actually hang out and participate. There are too many events where idea guys scavenge for the rockstar developer who will buy into the vision. "All I need is someone to do X,Y, and Z and this thing will be huge! I can't pay you and you'll only get 20% of the company."

Don't be that guy.

Go to actual hacking events. Show people what you have actually done and are trying to accomplish. They'll respect you much more for it and they'll let their guard down. You have to earn their trust. There are simply too many people out there looking to take advantage of coders to put together their "revolutionary" idea.

Edit: Specifically, look for HN meetups and browse Meetup.com for language specific events.

Check out your local startup scene. Go to every event and talk to other like minded individuals. Going to conferences can also be a good way to meeting people.

http://www.hackersandfounders.com/

http://www.meetup.com/Co-Founders-Wanted-Meetup/

http://wiki.hackerdojo.com/ -- Great volunteer run CoWorking space in Mountain View. Hope this helps.

I straight edited that post!

G-YEAH!

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