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Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by Ghaenergyyy »

yaseer wrote: post #48

Am I missing something, or are HN readers assuming (incorrectly) the author is non-technical and looking for someone to build out their ideas? From what I can see, the author is a CTO who is ex-meta and Stanford computer science. They look like a technical co-founder to me. I know there's this annoying and widely prevalent persona of co-founder dater with only ideas, and no skills to build them, but this author doesn…

If the example is something like this: "I am non-technical and can handle Sales, Marketing, and Product. " it does seem to be written from a non-technical person.

Ex-meta doesn't mean anything. As far as i know manager / non technical people work at meta as in any other 'tech' company.

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by [deleted] »

MichaelRo wrote: post #45
braza wrote: post #3

> They want to work on this part-time > They want to quit their job but haven't set a date to do it > They're going to quit their job but only after the YC interview I resonate with the OP because I am in this exact situation that I am building something but I cannot leave my current job now. When some friends started to build companies in mid-2000/mid-2010 you could code/build something, try to get some traction and…

>> Now the bar for new products it's absurdly high if you're out of the YC or San Francisco VC circles or if you do not have anyone in the industry; plus most of the VCs prefer to invest in "pedigree founders" than in unknown people, especially if those people are outside of the bay area. I suppose that's if you pursue the "SAAS AI Analytics Crypto Cloud" latest hype where all the low hanging fruit has been picked al…

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Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by yellow_lead »

logotype wrote: post #29

I’m looking for a co-founder, running https://fixparser.dev which is a profitable company with clients worldwide. Been applying to YC twice but failed - will continue the search for funding. Reach out at victor@logotype.se cheers

Maybe I'm not the target audience but defining FIX on your landing page at least once might be useful. Best luck!

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by goodpoint »

mnahkies wrote: post #33
goodpoint wrote: post #28

> Red flags to watch for > They want to work on this part-time > They want to quit their job but haven't set a date to do it > They're going to quit their job but only after the YC interview ...so this guy wants someone in SF to quit their job and work full time while unpaid? This method selects from the bottom of the pool, not from the top.

Devils advocate: people in a position to work full time unpaid have probably enjoyed outsized success in their career to date

...1% of the time. The other 99% are "ceo of myself"

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by adamgordonbell »

shawndrost wrote: post #40

I have to repost an earlier comment of mine ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27752798 ) on this topic: I have a tip on finding a cofounder. I've been looking for the last 12 months and I tried a lot of things, but the thing that worked best is this: Post a job ad. That's it. My ad sounded like a normal job in every way, with a title like "Director of X". A couple of specific notes: 1) the first line said "cofou…

How did it work out? It's now several years later.

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by yaseer »

Ghaenergyyy wrote: post #51
yaseer wrote: post #48

Am I missing something, or are HN readers assuming (incorrectly) the author is non-technical and looking for someone to build out their ideas? From what I can see, the author is a CTO who is ex-meta and Stanford computer science. They look like a technical co-founder to me. I know there's this annoying and widely prevalent persona of co-founder dater with only ideas, and no skills to build them, but this author doesn…

If the example is something like this: "I am non-technical and can handle Sales, Marketing, and Product. " it does seem to be written from a non-technical person. Ex-meta doesn't mean anything. As far as i know manager / non technical people work at meta as in any other 'tech' company.

I think that was written as a generic, illustrative example. That Example was also for healthtech, which OP is not.

Yes ex-Meta could imply non-technical, but OP is a CTO with a Stanford computer science degree. Their job title and skills are technical.

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by dlisboa »

yaseer wrote: post #48

Am I missing something, or are HN readers assuming (incorrectly) the author is non-technical and looking for someone to build out their ideas? From what I can see, the author is a CTO who is ex-meta and Stanford computer science. They look like a technical co-founder to me. I know there's this annoying and widely prevalent persona of co-founder dater with only ideas, and no skills to build them, but this author doesn…

If you take a look at the Linkedin resume it seems his last technical job was 12 years ago and in an unrelated area to what he's currently trying to build. All in all his on-hands professional software engineering work seems to be limited to 2-4 years. Most of his experience seems to be product-related type work, including his work at Meta.

Combined with him calling himself a non-technical founder it seems pretty on point. He's not looking to be coding and making all the nitty gritty engineering decisions, there are better people for that in his opinion. Which is totally fine.

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by Ghaenergyyy »

braza wrote: post #3

> They want to work on this part-time > They want to quit their job but haven't set a date to do it > They're going to quit their job but only after the YC interview I resonate with the OP because I am in this exact situation that I am building something but I cannot leave my current job now. When some friends started to build companies in mid-2000/mid-2010 you could code/build something, try to get some traction and…

It has never been easier to create your own company if you have the proper grid.

Reduce your workhours to half day or 80%, spend your evenings and weekends building.

Show your demo around to get more money if your progress is slow.

But technology has never been as accessable as it is today. You have a lptop, a server costs you 50$, a big machine perhaps 100 or 200 / month.

The problem are people who think just having an idea is the main part of creating a product/company.

I have more ideas per day than non technical people and i could make 50% work. Not unicorn work but making enough money for a company money.

Its just a lot nicer to work from mo-fr earning good money and having time for living.

Re: Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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Post by etewiah »

logotype wrote: post #29

I’m looking for a co-founder, running https://fixparser.dev which is a profitable company with clients worldwide. Been applying to YC twice but failed - will continue the search for funding. Reach out at victor@logotype.se cheers

Just sent you an email now.
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