Ask HN: What is the best way to find a technical co-founder?

I've got the opposite problem as a tech guy that likes to build stuff but I don't have the business/marketing skills needed. I've been pitched a few times, but I'm very picky about the opportunities I'd go after. I've listed myself on the HN contractor spreadsheet and on BuildItWith.me.

One thing you should do is put your email or contact info your HN profile. That will help a lot.

Wow, two hackers in one thread looking for a business guy?

I have 40+ business ideas - some well fleshed out and others just a couple lines from a notebook - but I have no one to execute them. Between school and work I haven't had time to translate my basic knowledge of data structures into something like rails and python. And to be honest, I don't enjoy building as much as I should to be able to code them on my own.

However I do have a BS with a focus on business and basically a minor in EECS.

I pretty much figured I was SOL at finding a tech co-founder.

If you're still interested, feel free to contact me via my email in my profile.

Opposite problem here.

Can't find a business co-founder, I'm a guy that likes building stuff but has no ideas.

Part of my problem as well is that I use different tools to rails, mainly ASP.NET MVC etc.

You mention "The project is music related, Ruby on Rails + significant Javascript" but if you already have started coding why are you looking to hire a developer?

I've read alot around the subject of business focused co-founders seeking technical co-founders (mainly so I could know where to "be found") and are you offering just a salary or low salary + shares?

Yep, it's stange to see someone seeking a technical co-founder and trying to impose a framework. Let the future CTO do its job, grant him confidence!

I don't want to sound like an ass but from experience I can say that's because the founder read somewhere that X framework is "kwel" and the hottest thing right now so they gotta have it.

But the end-user doesn't cares, case in point: Grooveshark its made with Flash.

Can't find a business co-founder? That's pretty unusual it seems. What kind of work do you expect your business co-founder to do?

It's more the following:

1. Location. In Bristol, United Kingdom. Not London.

2. The .NET scene isn't very startup focused. Of all the .NET usergroup events I've attended (in Bristol) over the years I've only seen 1 person talking about their startup needing developers.

3. I scare other .NET (501) people with all these new hipster technologies like NoSQL (RavenDB, Redis) or cloud servers.

I can work with ROR for $15/hour(I live in a shitty country) and I'm interested in it(would rather get some equity and create a business with you :) ).

Add me on skype: art_is_t or e-mail me: t at art-is-t.me

Thanks.

If you get no replies, you might want to elaborate on what you are bringing to the table in terms of skills. Also, e-lance and similar sites come to mind but I am not qualified to say if they would meet your needs. I have done some freelance work online but only as a writer, not a coder, and I have never hired anyone.

Best of luck.