Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?

Where can I meet people who are serious about working on something together? I've been trying to meet people who may want to be co-founders together or just discuss/hack on some ideas together with the goal of building something bigger.

My connections & network is mostly other tech workers, but so far they have at least been honest with me that they're not interested in building a company or products, they are more into enjoying fat paychecks and there's nothing wrong with that. I've tried to do the same, but I would much rather use my paychecks to give me a good runway for the next few years to fully devote to building a company. Unfortunately for me, I didn't study CS at a top uni either, so I guess whatever chance I could have had to meet people in my prime is out of grasp since I've been out of college for years now.

tl;dr where can I go to meet "serious" co-founder tier people?

Try https://www.indiehackers.com/. Maybe try the meetups, ask this same question there, and mention on your profile there that you are interested in this.

Also mention that you want to do this on Twitter (etc.) and then by just engaging someone might reach out to you. Also look out for people doing the same.

It’s pretty ironic this question was asked on YC haha. Specifically, the cofounder match is exactly what OP is looking for.

It’s not a perfect answer but my the incubator my old startup was at would have networking happy hours

People there despite already being in startups were super excited and interested in other peoples businesses

I had a founder try to poach me at one point, so it’s real enough

If there’s any kind of hub for startups in your city, start there.

If not, check meetup.com or start your own. You’re certainly not alone and there’s definitely (literal) value in being the guy who brings founders together

> they are more into enjoying fat paychecks and there's nothing wrong with that

A big issue with build a company is how support the people in the mean time.

So, you have enough saving, investors or low-cost of life. THEN you need the drive and talent to build something.

Is not easy to fulfill all the things!

And is common that when somebody approach me with a great idea for a company, not understand this. So the first advice is to know how value the effort and what you expect everyone to bring in return.

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I dream of build a Access/Excel/FoxPro replacement but that is a long-tail for development (maybe 2-3 years?) and assume you have some people with the skills for that.

And having the "that" that pay the bills take time. So is a chicken-egg problem.