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Ask HN: Who's Looking for Co-Founders?

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I suggest a monthly post similar to "Who's Hiring?".

What do you think?

I think this is a very difficult problem to solve. I would love to team up with the right person, who has real, credible business skills.

However, I think this is just as difficult, if not more so, as a talented business guy looking for a programmer to partner up with.

There is definitely cross-over between the two; having a programmer co-founder that you can't take long to sales meetings is an opportunity lost. And if you can't discuss difficult problems with your business founder, you're also missing out. I fondly remember, several years ago, sitting down with my boss and explaining to him the problem I was working on at the time, and how, if I explained it without any technical mumbo-jumbo, he'd come up with solutions I hadn't thought of. That was really productive, and deeply satisfying for both of us.

I suppose where I'm going with this is that I think looking for co-founder should take more from the dating world than from the hiring world. Have a few meetings up front, test the waters with a few small projects before leaping in to bed together. Because let's face it: co-founding is another form of marriage.

This is probably a common perspective, but I think that often times finding a co-founder is not "business person looking for tech person" or vice-versa.

I couldn't agree more with the dating analogy. I met my gf on match.com and years later was looking for a co-founder. I couldn't find one at first, and my focus became the 'co-founder finding problem'. Applying that analogy, out came www.founder2be.com which has taken on a life of its own :) Best of success to you!

If you're a developer working on a project & would like some help with it, please let me know. I have some coding experience but mainly my background is in technical & customer support & product development.

I guess this would be ideal for a developer that wants to focus on new features & updates & not the business side. I think it would be a fair swap in exchange for some friendly development advice & tips when I get stuck on my own projects.

I think this kind of exchange is a good starting point for anyone looking for a potential co-founder as it may lead to joint ventures.

Anyone interested, my email is in my profile.

Los Angeles, CA Remote okay ---------------

I'm a Python / JS developer in Los Angeles building an action-sports startup (Strava meets Meetup).

Wireframes are 80% complete, and we're currently looking for a co-founder who can help build the iOS app.

We have good (not yet great) monetization plans and a very solid wireframe (50%, 23 pages pen and paper).

I have extremely potent early-adopter ties and multiple paths to funding.

If you have any interest, please don't hesitate to reach out:

Kevin Riggen kriggen@gmail.com 661.600.6830

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-riggen/28/447/602

GitHub: http://github.com/kvnn

Your LinkedIn link is broken.

Thank you.

I'm in the same boat as "mootothemax" - I would also love to team up with the right co-founder. Though, I'd want us both to do the tech and business work.

I'm not actively looking because I'm going to attempt to do the business work after I finish building my MVP.

Hell, if you want to contact me about the possibility of teaming up then details are on my profile.

I'm doing the same. Don't know many people who're interested in doing a startup for the right reasons, so I'm just focusing on building the MVP and keeping things going while I keep an eye out for a potential co-founder.

Good idea, just follow through w/ monthly postings and it should take off. It's up to you. Go for it.

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