Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers

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Post by nityeshaga » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 11:20 AM UTC

Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers
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Re: Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers

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Post by apantel » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 12:49 PM UTC

Just a design comment: the animated line background takes away from the user experience. It doesn’t add.

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Post by freeone3000 » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 12:59 PM UTC

The domain on the email clickback, https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/, literally doesn’t resolve for me.

EDIT: because I was using quad9 doh, and this domain is on their blocklist

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Post by dewey » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:08 PM UTC

freeone3000 wrote: post #3

The domain on the email clickback, https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/ , literally doesn’t resolve for me. EDIT: because I was using quad9 doh, and this domain is on their blocklist

Are you running pihole or some other tracking protection?

Re: Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers

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Post by flappyeagle » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

Stuff like this always has negative selection effects unless there’s some aggressive vetting up front

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Post by djbusby » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:26 PM UTC

Finding a cofounder is hard! Cheers for trying this type again. Are StartupWeekend still a thing? Way back (~2008) they were these "idea to revenue" folk would join, some would pitch, others would join teams then work over the weekend building. Get a chance to evaluate your peers in the game. And the time box adds pressure.

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Post by leetrout » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:28 PM UTC

flappyeagle wrote: post #5

Stuff like this always has negative selection effects unless there’s some aggressive vetting up front

I have not used any of these services so I decided to give this one a shot. We'll see... they say every profile is vetted and I had to agree not to "sell my stuff".

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Post by dazh » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:31 PM UTC

flappyeagle wrote: post #5

Stuff like this always has negative selection effects unless there’s some aggressive vetting up front

What negative selection does it result in? For people that can't network to a co-founder themselves?

Re: Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers

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Post by leetrout » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:31 PM UTC

djbusby wrote: post #6

Finding a cofounder is hard! Cheers for trying this type again. Are StartupWeekend still a thing? Way back (~2008) they were these "idea to revenue" folk would join, some would pitch, others would join teams then work over the weekend building. Get a chance to evaluate your peers in the game. And the time box adds pressure.

They are still around in various places. But I do see more pitch competitions and such more than the game-jam style of making a group and working on something in the same room. I think Founders Forge in the Tri-Cities in East Tennessee still does them along with ETSU.

https://myfoundersforge.com/

Re: Cofounder matching for indie hackers and bootstrappers

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Post by freeone3000 » Sat, Jul 20, 2024, 2:31 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #4

freeone3000 wrote: post #3

The domain on the email clickback, https://click.convertkit-mail2.com/ , literally doesn’t resolve for me. EDIT: because I was using quad9 doh, and this domain is on their blocklist

Are you running pihole or some other tracking protection?

Ah, yes, thank you! It was being blocked by Quad9.