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Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by sharpshoot »

apexauk wrote: post #59
JesseAldridge wrote: post #34

I know pg says you need co-founders, but I have a feeling that partnering with a stranger will hurt your chances of success more than it will help. I remember Jessica saying a major cause of death in startups was founder disputes (link: http://www.grid7.com/archives/189_podcast-28-jessica-livings... , around the 14 minute mark).

I co-founded our startup after reading an ad for a hacker and convincing the other guy to take me on as a partner instead of employee - we met for the first time 2 years ago to talk about the startup that would be, today we've got an angel-backed team. Meet new people and start work with them - it can work, you'll soon find out if it doesn't. Keep in mind looking for people with complimentary qualities though - I put…

right on. Jesse's excuses above can be attributed to a lack of balls in changing his situation.

Don't sit on the fence. Make stuff happen. This president's day weekend is finding a cofounder weekend...

Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by pchristensen »

jdavid wrote: post #23
cstejerean wrote: post #20

I'm not exactly looking for a co-founder but I'm looking to meet smart people with interesting ideas. I like working on interesting projects whether it's my idea or someone else's. I'm located in Chicago (for now).

Milwaukee, WI - We will be at techcocktail 7, you should come find us. we want to meet people that like to work on fun projects.

I'll be there too.

Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by wehriam »

fergusom wrote: post #27
carpal wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Real-world app ideas" Elaborate?

"Real world" is probably better described as tools & apps that will dramatically change the way non-technical people do business. Email me at fergusom@yahoo.com

oh my

Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by davidw »

JesseAldridge wrote: post #34

I know pg says you need co-founders, but I have a feeling that partnering with a stranger will hurt your chances of success more than it will help. I remember Jessica saying a major cause of death in startups was founder disputes (link: http://www.grid7.com/archives/189_podcast-28-jessica-livings... , around the 14 minute mark).

I have similar suspicions... the best co-founders seem to be people that were already good friends or partners in something, so it's sort of a catch-22: if you don't already have that person in place, rushing out to try and find someone is certainly not going to find you anyone that you've known for a long time...

Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by davidw »

Tichy wrote: post #21
bluelu wrote: post #18

Switzerland, Luxembourg or inbetween ;) 25, university degree, looking for a cofounder with experience in natural language processing and clustering of documents (like http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~hinton/absps/sh.pdf someone else posted below). Preferentially Java. Idea is blog search related.

I am in Munich and would be interested to meet.

And I'm in Innsbruck. I'll remember to look you up if I'm in Munich again - feel free to come down here to visit some time for day of hiking or skiing or something.

bluelu - where in .ch? I am in Zurich sort of regularly on business these days.

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Post by ubudesign »

Santa Monica, CA.

If you are creating or have a nice idea for a client based on the webdav protocal (web-based or desktop), we would be interested to work with you. We have the server implemented already which works with existing clients and developing other clients

Re: Looking for a co-founder? post here (3 rules apply)

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Post by Tichy »

davidw wrote: post #66
Tichy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am in Munich and would be interested to meet.

And I'm in Innsbruck. I'll remember to look you up if I'm in Munich again - feel free to come down here to visit some time for day of hiking or skiing or something. bluelu - where in .ch? I am in Zurich sort of regularly on business these days.

Good idea, it's very likely that I'll be near Innsbruck sometime this year. If you stay there - I remember you want to relocate?

What about Zurich, btw., I think there are plenty of jobs there (mostly in banking...).

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Post by bluelu »

davidw wrote: post #66
Tichy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am in Munich and would be interested to meet.

And I'm in Innsbruck. I'll remember to look you up if I'm in Munich again - feel free to come down here to visit some time for day of hiking or skiing or something. bluelu - where in .ch? I am in Zurich sort of regularly on business these days.

I live in Zurich. Maybe we can meet for a dring sometime soon. I will contact both of you.
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