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Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
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Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#42You don't need to study cs to write software, everything you need is some online. The "I'm more of an idea type of person" line of thought is very familiar to most developers... Yeah, everyone has ideas, million dollar ideas, that they then go out and don't build..
If you want to find someone serious to work with, at least bang out a walking skeleton, a prototype or some kind of proof of concept to show your idea..
That achieves two things, easier to convince a dev that the idea is neat.. And also shows that you got enough passion for this that you actually went ahead and built something.
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#43I think the way this works is:
1. Meet potential benefactors
2. Establish a reputation for making something, shipping it AND…make a profit with it.
3. Have great idea
4. Ask one of the benefactors to fund you.
5. Bonus points: meet benefactors NOT obsessed with going public / liquidity events but would rather own companies to help build other companies
6. Remember when negotiating your stake, 100% of $0 = $0. Definitely negotiate what you’re worth, see item 2 for increasing your worth.
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#44I would love to work on an open source project I am passionate about.
So in the interests of finding this passion, I journal everyday. I wrote down 450 journal entries, each one is an idea for computing software or a startup.
You can find links to them on my profile.
I recommend you take up journalling and dig into your ideas and thoughts. And write things down for rereading later. Someone might like a thought you wrote and contact you. I've had people contact me and be interested in my GitHub projects.
If you want serious people, join the product hunt community.
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#45I would love to work on an open source project I am passionate about. So in the interests of finding this passion, I journal everyday. I wrote down 450 journal entries, each one is an idea for computing software or a startup. You can find links to them on my profile. I recommend you take up journalling and dig into your ideas and thoughts. And write things down for rereading later. Someone might like a thought you wr…
Hi Sam! I have...about the same number of domain names as you have journal entries. Will message you and see how we can match them together.
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#46You could try out YC's solution:
https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
Or you could talk to me: https://twitter.com/BallerIndustry
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#47I've found one from https://startupschool.org , built a project together (i am the tech one), didn't continue finally because he wanted to continue with his startup and I don't feel like I can code and commit my time further. Weird experience, I would love to have another co-founder who can code together or even work together in something tbh. I guess having someone who can code with you together makes it more fun? R…
Doing a trial project together is a wise move as entering into a partnership to build a business requires a leap of faith; whatever you could rely on to derisk would help.
I'm in a similar position right now, maybe we could connect and see if there's any common ground?
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#48OnDeck is a pretty good community for this https://www.beondeck.com/
I also think working at early-ish startups, Series A-C, will help you find people more interested in the founder path than FAANG type companies. From there you can work on something growing fast, learn a domain, test your relationship under pressure, and then leave to start something together.
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#49I’ll put this out there as a point that’s serious and I’ve come across a few times as both a founder and freelancer. No body wants to build your idea for free. For those that are reading this and thinking that finding a cofounder is actually just finding a set of hands you can work with, be buds and create your idea and you can split it 50-50 or whatever. Just stop. These people don’t exist in the random hallways of…
This is really not true. How do you think people start companies together when they don't have capital? By splitting 50-50 and working on something "for free" on nights and weekends.
Re: Ask HN: Where to meet people who are interested in building a company together?
#50I would love to work on an open source project I am passionate about. So in the interests of finding this passion, I journal everyday. I wrote down 450 journal entries, each one is an idea for computing software or a startup. You can find links to them on my profile. I recommend you take up journalling and dig into your ideas and thoughts. And write things down for rereading later. Someone might like a thought you wr…
Had a look at those lists you made, impressive. I will hit you with an email to start the converstion, I'm based in London as it looks like you are too?