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Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by kfk »

tixocloud wrote: post #15
kfk wrote: post #9

Not exactly looking for a cofounder, but I am working on few Tableau centric ideas. One that I will launch soon is a Tableau community to consolidate and curate content. Two maybe a Tableau service (a la wpcurve). I might be going against the trend here, but technically speaking I am good, what I need is people with connections/knowledge of the industry, especially for kicking off the community thing.

I'm interested in knowing more about your plans. I've got good connections in the industry and have also worked and taught Tableau. I've got a technical background but also studied business as well and have been doing customer development trying to build my own startup.

Sure, can you email me? Email address is in the contact info here on HN.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by beeboop »

CarolineW wrote: post #8
beeboop wrote: post #6

Yes. Web developer here looking for someone with a B2B idea they are confident they can sell to a niche market. Prefer no social media related or physical products. Can PM me on reddit if you want to get in touch: https://reddit.com/u/beeboopp

> Can PM me on reddit if > you want to get in touch: Unless, of course, I'm not registered on Reddit, and have no interest in being so. Edit: OK, I really don't know why I'm being down-voted, and I guess I don't care. Let me just add, if ever you're interested in connecting with people and getting work, making it easy to contact you is probably a good idea. Only giving someone the option of being or getting registere…

At least once before, posting my email on HN lead to a lot of spam. Since there's no way to edit or delete comments after a few hours, it seemed like a bad idea to do it again. Making a reddit account takes literally 5 seconds so I didn't consider it much of a hurdle, especially since most people probably have one.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by sharemywin »

Been thinking about a knock off Amazon Alexa type device. Where you register names and it passes the query/command off to a webs service. The management would be at a website.

So, you might say "George, what time is it? and the device looks and see to pass "what time is it" to "http://www.myservice.com/parse?q={text}" and the response is mapped back to the devices response.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by CarolineW »

starik36 wrote: post #17

Not looking for a co-founder for a business idea, but a partner for a hobby project this summer. Someone who knows hardware. I can do the software/firmware. I want to build a simple internet enabled on/off toggle. Preferably looking for someone in Southern California.

Similar to these?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ip+remote+power+switch

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by rabidrat »

imakesoft wrote: post #5

I'm a UI/UX designer with a "strong" technical background. I could team up with an excellent developer who needs help with design. ;)

I'm not looking for a co-founder, but could really use someone like you as a project partner. And I have a pretty interesting project right now.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by CarolineW »

beeboop wrote: post #22
CarolineW wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Can PM me on reddit if > you want to get in touch: Unless, of course, I'm not registered on Reddit, and have no interest in being so. Edit: OK, I really don't know why I'm being down-voted, and I guess I don't care. Let me just add, if ever you're interested in connecting with people and getting work, making it easy to contact you is probably a good idea. Only giving someone the option of being or getting registere…

At least once before, posting my email on HN lead to a lot of spam. Since there's no way to edit or delete comments after a few hours, it seemed like a bad idea to do it again. Making a reddit account takes literally 5 seconds so I didn't consider it much of a hurdle, especially since most people probably have one.

That's fair enough, although if you're looking for a non-technical partner it places a barrier in their way. Having a partially obscured contact address in your HN profile would be significantly simpler for a non-technical person trying to get in touch, and would seem reasonably spam resistant.

But that's your choice, and all I was doing was trying to point out something you might not of thought of. I, for one, don't have a Reddit account, and have absolutely no interest in acquiring one.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by beeboop »

CarolineW wrote: post #26
beeboop wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least once before, posting my email on HN lead to a lot of spam. Since there's no way to edit or delete comments after a few hours, it seemed like a bad idea to do it again. Making a reddit account takes literally 5 seconds so I didn't consider it much of a hurdle, especially since most people probably have one.

That's fair enough, although if you're looking for a non-technical partner it places a barrier in their way. Having a partially obscured contact address in your HN profile would be significantly simpler for a non-technical person trying to get in touch, and would seem reasonably spam resistant. But that's your choice, and all I was doing was trying to point out something you might not of thought of. I, for one, don't…

I appreciate the thought. As a note, I didn't downvote you (and couldn't, it doesn't allow it on children of one's parent comment)

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by atmosx »

Literally everyone I know in real life who has an app idea.

They are looking for a technical co-founder, full-stack developer which can implement their ideas into reality! They'll do the brainstorming "Hey, why don't we add a Like button?" as long as someone else handles the implementation, with all the nasty details.

UPDATE: @cnkk beat me into it! :-)

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by CarolineW »

beeboop wrote: post #27
CarolineW wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's fair enough, although if you're looking for a non-technical partner it places a barrier in their way. Having a partially obscured contact address in your HN profile would be significantly simpler for a non-technical person trying to get in touch, and would seem reasonably spam resistant. But that's your choice, and all I was doing was trying to point out something you might not of thought of. I, for one, don't…

I appreciate the thought. As a note, I didn't downvote you (and couldn't, it doesn't allow it on children of one's parent comment)

Not a problem - but thanks for saying. I've given up caring about the down-votes. I often give a terse reply, thinking the implications are obvious, and then get down-votes until I explain my comment in extreme detail, at which point they are often reversed. I need to learn that people sometimes need things spelled out in full. It's happening again here.

That all sounds a bit harsh, but I'll let it stand. It's probably just a consequence of people being busy.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone looking for a cofounder?

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Post by starik36 »

CarolineW wrote: post #24
starik36 wrote: post #17

Not looking for a co-founder for a business idea, but a partner for a hobby project this summer. Someone who knows hardware. I can do the software/firmware. I want to build a simple internet enabled on/off toggle. Preferably looking for someone in Southern California.

Similar to these? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ip+remote+power+switch

Kind of, but a bit more elegant and much more general in nature.

The idea is to put this device between the electricity outlet and whatever device. I could then go to a website and toggle the electricity switch.

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