Looking for a Technical Cofounder
I'm looking for a technical co-founder to help build my new startup with. I want to be clear I'm not just some business guy with an idea as I know that's probably a huge deal breaker for some on here and that I am technical and understand code myself. To be clear, I'm not knocking on business guys. Everyone has their own values and what they bring to the table. That said, I am extremely hard working and will do whatever it takes to succeed. I'm looking for a dedicated partner who shares the same drive and passion to build with.
For some background reference, I've previously sold my last startup with over a dozen employees and we were net profitable at the time of acquisition so I do have some experience building, growing, and exiting a startup from scratch. I'm not saying this to brag or as if my past results is any indication of future success, because it's not. I still strongly believe you got to work hard and hustle to make things happen. I only bring it up to state I have experience and know what I'm doing. I've been involved on all sides of the business and beyond the technical side, and I have strong business and marketing skills which I think is a plus.
I'm currently working on a shopping decision engine. The premise on how the idea works is something I have strong domain expertise and stem from a personal pain point I had. Basically I'm trying to help bring value to shoppers and ultimately help recommend products and services down the road base on what their looking for or base on what they've purchased. It's not some check-in app or daily deal type site/app. I promise you it's a lot more exciting than it sounds and have it's differences from other shopping related startups out there.
I've been developing the MVP for about 3.5 months now and although it's not complete and ready for launch yet, I have put together a demo for those interested. I've garnered a group of alpha testers (actual customers that want to try out the product) ready for launch. I have important contacts and industry experience to make the product happen, and I have marketing strategies in place to really bring the product to market. I assure you I'm not one of those guys who say word of mouth and some kind of social media marketing. I have a very strong background in running real traffic, optimization, A/B testing, and proven results in getting products out there.
I'm not looking for just a programmer. I'm looking for a partner. If you're just a developer or someone looking for something to do part time or a job, we're probably not a fit. It is important to me to find the right person to work with regardless of how skillful you are and that our ideals align correctly. So why am I looking for a partner? Simply put, theres a LOT to do, more than I can do alone and I strongly believe in building a great team to accomplish great things. Moving forward, I'm looking for someone who is looking to work on something they find they're passionate about and wants to gung ho it 110%. If you love code, and have a passion for startups, and what to be the lead architect moving forward, I'm interested in talking to you. At this moment, it's just me working on this full time. You must be local to the bay area (I'm in Mountain View). I need to work with people face to face and perfer to jam it out in person.
If it matters, everything thus far is developed in PHP on the LAMP stack on EC2. There was no particular reason for choosing PHP other than familiarity. That said, I've been meaning to look into Python more (although at this point I don't really know anything Python). If you're a PHP or Python dev, or someone fast on the uptake with code, feel free to reach out to me. I'd love to talk to everyone. You should also know Javascript and jQuery. My contact info is in my profile. If you have any questions about the idea/product, anything I've posted here, or about me, please include it in the email. Would be much easier to go over everything on a Skype call than responding here via HN. Thanks.