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Re: Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?

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Post by djb_hackernews »

GanjaHacker wrote: post #6
djb_hackernews wrote: post #5

> I've got a designer, a fellow stoner, who wants to help me build a better weedmaps. Which is...you know...a clone of weedmaps. > I'm looking for a coder who is a better coder than I am who also is more functional when there's a vaporizer next to her/his keyboard. So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?

* So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits? Yeah skippy, that's exactly why I want to work with people who are better at something than I am, so I can slack off. How did you guess?

So what exactly do you bring to the table? The only thing I can see is money and a weedmaps clone could be run on GAE for pretty much free or near free, no need for thousands of dollars.

I'm all for building better websites and better services, but this reeks of the "I've got this idea, you build it, and we'll split the profit" mentality that software developers hear everyday.

Re: Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?

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Post by [deleted] »

GanjaHacker wrote: post #9
tastybites wrote: post #8

Here's a tip. Maybe next time you're looking for a business partner you shouldn't mention that you used to have a habit of breaking and entering office buildings while "in a ganja-induced haze". Signed, Someone who has done his fair share of drugs.

Used to? I still do. San Francisco is too beautiful a city to not want to explore it's heights. If this scares you off, good, you're not the kinda person I want to collaborate with, but thanks for the advice!

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Re: Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?

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Post by GanjaHacker »

djb_hackernews wrote: post #11
GanjaHacker wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits? Yeah skippy, that's exactly why I want to work with people who are better at something than I am, so I can slack off. How did you guess?

So what exactly do you bring to the table? The only thing I can see is money and a weedmaps clone could be run on GAE for pretty much free or near free, no need for thousands of dollars. I'm all for building better websites and better services, but this reeks of the "I've got this idea, you build it, and we'll split the profit" mentality that software developers hear everyday.

I bring well over a decades' worth of operations experience, experience starting and running four companies, two which flopped, and one which I merged into a company that I sold. I'm currently spending all of my free-time learning Ruby and Python, and will jump into Rails soon, and am hoping to collaborate with a more experienced web developer to jumpstart that learning curve.

I also don't come with the negativity and snarkiness you're demonstrating, but an open mind, a ton of energy, and a desire to build rather than to knock down and criticize others, something highly lacking in the tech community, as you're so readily proving.

Re: Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?

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Post by brudgers »

djb_hackernews wrote: post #5

> I've got a designer, a fellow stoner, who wants to help me build a better weedmaps. Which is...you know...a clone of weedmaps. > I'm looking for a coder who is a better coder than I am who also is more functional when there's a vaporizer next to her/his keyboard. So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?

>"So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?"

I think the plan is to spliff the profits.

Re: Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?

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Post by fohshezee »

Great email (came up in my "San Francisco marijuana start-up Google email alert). Marijuana's legalization is inevitable, and it's going to be a huge opportunity. I think you're on to something (maybe not the whole 'cloning' idea, but creating something, using technology, to improve the internet-savvy weed smoker's life could be interesting). I unfortunately have no coding skills - but am killer at powerpoint/excel (M&A background), truly appreciate the value of good tree (esp. Blue Romulan, Northern Lights, SF Ice, etc.), and would love to help.
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