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Co-founder bailed on my laundry delivery startup. Looking to replace him.

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Post by NEPatriot »

Hi,

I have a laundry delivery platform web app built in python. Plus an already existing relationship with Boston's #1 laundry/dry cleaning business. You can check it out: www.laundrigo.com

The vision is to be in every city in the country and be the grub hub of laundry/dry cleaning delivery. The general motto is: Hate Laundry? We have an app for that.

I need somebody who can make UI tweaks in order to launch this Fall for back to college. I have a backlog with 30 or so items. Not all of them need to get done prior to launching. The website is built on python.

I fully understand us needing to go on a few dates first and would be happy to pay a reasonable hourly rate. Bear in mind this is a scrappy bootstrap operation.

Feel free to email me with your questions: LiranBaron at gmail.

If you want to learn more about why my cofounder bailed, then please email me. i don't want to "air our dirty laundry" in public ;). Basically he couldn't make time.

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#2

Post by terrellm »

Interesting idea and good luck in your search for a co-founder.

It looks like your web app redirects to the https version. In Safari 4 on Mac, I receive "Safari can't verify the identify of the website www.laundrigo.com" and I see an error "This certificate was signed by an unknown authority". Chrome shows an even scarier message.

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#3

Post by NEPatriot »

terrellm wrote: post #2

Interesting idea and good luck in your search for a co-founder. It looks like your web app redirects to the https version. In Safari 4 on Mac, I receive "Safari can't verify the identify of the website www.laundrigo.com" and I see an error "This certificate was signed by an unknown authority". Chrome shows an even scarier message.

That's item #1 on the backlog.

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#4

Post by alain94040 »

1. Consider listing your startup on http://fairsoftware.net, that's the site dedicated to finding co-founders (I'm the founder).

2. Your project sounds interesting. My advice, if you want to find a co-founder, is to have evidence that customers are lining up to use your service. If that's the case, it's 10X more motivating for the developer.

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#5

Post by NEPatriot »

alain94040 wrote: post #4

1. Consider listing your startup on http://fairsoftware.net , that's the site dedicated to finding co-founders (I'm the founder). 2. Your project sounds interesting. My advice, if you want to find a co-founder, is to have evidence that customers are lining up to use your service. If that's the case, it's 10X more motivating for the developer.

Thanks for the tip - I will checkout the site.

In terms of getting traction - I agree. We have the usual friends and family ready to go. But the site needs to work properly first.

Edit: you don't seem to have python listed as a search option

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Post by bwana998 »

Sounds interesting and good luck! Do you really need a co-founder? IMO, if at this stage you're paying someone a "reasonable hourly rate" they aren't really a co-founder but rather employee #1.

I know it's popular right now to have co-founders, but I'd say just stick with it and go for it. If you have clear tasks and the revenue (or funds) to support bringing on employees the do so but otherwise put your head down and stick with it!

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Post by NEPatriot »

bwana998 wrote: post #7

Sounds interesting and good luck! Do you really need a co-founder? IMO, if at this stage you're paying someone a "reasonable hourly rate" they aren't really a co-founder but rather employee #1. I know it's popular right now to have co-founders, but I'd say just stick with it and go for it. If you have clear tasks and the revenue (or funds) to support bringing on employees the do so but otherwise put your head down an…

I'd like to pay an hourly rate in order to make sure it's a good match on both ends. Ultimately for us to succeed having a technical co founder is going to be critical. In order to pivot and make data driven changes speed is critical.
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