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Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by atlasunshrugged »

Howdy - I may be too early to post here as I'm really more interested in a thought partner who has the potential to become a cofounder in ~1yr+ if we decide to launch something. My background is mainly in sales and growth (early at Gigster, ran a venture for Rocket Internet in Berlin, ran a team for the Estonian govt's e-Residency project, Fellow for NYC CTO's Office).

I'm really interested in tech in the government space. I feel like there are many, many problems with government, whether it's at the federal level finding wasteful spending, automating audits for the IRS, or somehow making the DMV less awful. I've been researching ideas and doing due diligence but haven't found something killer yet and am looking for a thought partner on the eng side of things to bounce ideas around with.

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by s314159265358 »

Hi! I am Shrey, 17, and am looking for a co-founder for my AI and education startup. The aim is to 1. Build AI kits for beginners and anybody looking for a way to apply machine intelligence without having to code or hire a dev. This also includes building sensors, collecting data, building a model-zoo 2. Educate students about AI and how they can use it 3. Build a browser based training interface aimed at creatives.

Feedback appreciated, reach me via mail its.shrey.arora@gmail.com

Keep in mind that this is a very young project.

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by rmac »

leesalminen wrote: post #22

My first venture gingrapp.com was recently acquired (good kind) and am looking for a new adventure. curbd.app is a MVP product I’ve been messing around with. Not sure if it’s got legs, though. Also have this concept app that’s the anti-Amazon app. It’s an app that lists all local stores inventory/pricing that consumers can use to one stop shop brick and mortar. Haven’t built that MVP yet. If you can’t tell, my passio…

the anti-amazon thing has legs, but the angle of attack to get beachhead might be difficult. Open problems:

1) fake review/counterfeit problem 2) support mom and pop

Google Shopping is trying to go after the "amazon prime for the rest of the internet", which seems like a good idea.

On 2), One thing to do would be to do what doordash did, just go to 50 mom and pop retail stores in one region and talk to them. see what their problems actually are.

The fake review/counterfeit goods problem is actually pretty hard to solve, but it's interesting because it's not on amazon's top 3 problems list, so you could disintermediate. Ways to solve it that may be businesses: machine learning, limiting manufacture geo's, relying on video product reviews with trusted influencers, tracking PE acquisitions as a proxy for brand deterioration, reading negative reviews first, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by leesalminen »

s314159265358 wrote: post #43

Hi! I am Shrey, 17, and am looking for a co-founder for my AI and education startup. The aim is to 1. Build AI kits for beginners and anybody looking for a way to apply machine intelligence without having to code or hire a dev. This also includes building sensors, collecting data, building a model-zoo 2. Educate students about AI and how they can use it 3. Build a browser based training interface aimed at creatives.…

Hi Shrey,

What a great concept! If I knew more about ML/AI I'd be shooting you an email right now.

Keep it up, showing your peers your passion can only lead to inspire more people to become technologists.

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by rmac »

lima wrote: post #24
leesalminen wrote: post #22

My first venture gingrapp.com was recently acquired (good kind) and am looking for a new adventure. curbd.app is a MVP product I’ve been messing around with. Not sure if it’s got legs, though. Also have this concept app that’s the anti-Amazon app. It’s an app that lists all local stores inventory/pricing that consumers can use to one stop shop brick and mortar. Haven’t built that MVP yet. If you can’t tell, my passio…

> Also have this concept app that’s the anti-Amazon app. It’s an app that lists all local stores inventory/pricing that consumers can use to one stop shop brick and mortar. Haven’t built that MVP yet. This has been tried many times here in Germany with little success :(

what were the reasons it didn't work in Germany?

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by jdsalaro »

notoriousarun wrote: post #3

Recent Project https://pipecontent.com Wanted to evolve this idea into a go-to platform for knowledge workers. (A second brain for the content) Located in India, currently looking for a partner. Also, wanted to share all my research on various markets, opportunities, tools. That can help us uncover better opportunities together. Let's connect on Twitter! @notoriousarun

Your Twitter and Github links in your footer are going to https://pipecontent.com/#
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