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Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by trjordan » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC

Always, a little bit?

I've founded one startup and sold it, and I've been part of 2 others that got sold. I'm currently enjoying being a PM at Slack, but at some point that'll get old and I'll want to do another startup. B2B SaaS is my jam.

I'm technical enough to build as necessary, but I'd prefer to focus on the go-to-market side. I'm always up for talking to folks who are thinking about it. I've got a history of working on developer tools, but anything analytical is interesting.

Twitter is in my profile, DM me and let's have a Zoom?

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by leesalminen » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

rmac wrote: post #78

leesalminen wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s easy and free, sure. I guess I was alluding to the needed(?) network effect for such an app to become popular with consumers. For me to have this app on my phone as a consumer it would have to have 80% of the local shops I frequent listed.

how do you know it's 80%? have you spoken with other local buyers? Maybe the floor is something like 20%? let's say it is 80, can you imagine a way to get 80% of the supply (stores) onto this platform? Or, could you chart a path to get to x% supply after y weeks? idea 1: fake it, just list stores and items on a website and find out a way to get users to see it without paying for ads idea 2: sign stores up one by one,…

These are all great ideas, appreciate it. It could very well be 20 and I’m the outlier. And could definitely use the fake it til you make it approach for such an app.

I think this all warrants more investigation!

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by zip1234 » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

jetpackjoe wrote: post #51

I do have a side-project that I would love to finish up and monetize. It's a personal budgeting application (think YNAB, Every dollar, etc.) I coded up a proof of concept. It's been neglected for a few weeks, but having a partner would definitely be the kick I need to continue working on it. This is definitely side-project territory. I am not looking at spending more than 10hrs a week on this until and unless it is s…

messaged in keybase

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by notoriousarun » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

notoriousarun wrote: post #3

Recent Project https://pipecontent.com Wanted to evolve this idea into a go-to platform for knowledge workers. (A second brain for the content) Located in India, currently looking for a partner. Also, wanted to share all my research on various markets, opportunities, tools. That can help us uncover better opportunities together. Let's connect on Twitter! @notoriousarun

Also, Email is username @protonmail.com

let's have a Zoom?

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by nifc777 » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

- price comparison website - mvp already running - 5 countries - 7M products - profiles, groups, posts... - 200+ companies - basic seach inplemented, parameters search ...and lot of ideas to implement/discuss... - php, go, python...

Somebody with UX/UI skill and/or sale skill. It is no mini saas or small website. Somebody with real interest... i already invested several months.

nifc770@protonmail.com

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by more_corn » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

Our group might be able help create product prototypes so you can maintain momentum while you are seeking a cofounder.

We are a new company offering rapid prototyping services for startups. We are a group of close-knit veterans of silicon valley (Metaphorically speaking!). We are results oriented with a goal of shipping early and often while planning for scale.

https://www.startup.dev Let us know if we can help!

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by biasdose » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:08 PM UTC

Looking for mental sparring partner.

I have opinions on what the future looks like. I'd like to hear yours and see if there is overlap in our opinion of interesting customer segments and problem domains we could tackle together

Professionally, I am in leadership on the business side of a AI/ML start up. It's going well but I can't shake the feeling that I'm not actually solving any problem. I'm ready to take the dive on my own.

I would be interested in partnering with someone that considers themselves an Engineer regardless of what that looks like from an execution side.

Email is username @ protonmail.com

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by granshaw » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:09 PM UTC

Hi, I'm Suan. My business partner and I are both primarily devs and have a few bootstrapped products in the wild. We're looking to connect with individuals who have experience in some of [sales/marketing, bizdev, product, funding]. Our products are:

https://porterhouse.app - Mac app that sends mass individual texts using your own iPhone. Currently get a few signups everyday but with very bad churn. We're planning a relaunch next week with paid plans, a redesign, and ability to upload recipients via CSV.

Political campaign CRM (no public landing page yet) - Our focus is to be modern (the Slack to the HipChats in the space), and also make it really easy for political consultants to re-use and enrich their data across multiple campaigns and clients. It's been used on a senate campaign of a connection and that went well. A few features away from trying to sell to the masses.

https://wreckingball.systems - RFID tracking for the construction industry. Have the hardware built and awaiting approval from our first client.

I can be contacted at yeosuanaik at gmail

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by 4thethrillofit » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:09 PM UTC

I've bootstrapping an ecomm analytics SaaS at https://www.sourcemedium.com/. There's already product market fit and the company grew to 6-figure ARR since May 2020. Cash-flow positive & profitable since day 1. Slated to double again in Q1 2021. Goal is to reach $1mil ARR with or without investment. There's decent amount of investor interest and growth has only been organic word of mouth so far.

The primary needs are someone who can head up R&D (BigQuery, DBT, Elixir, Node) and Sales. For the sales side, we need someone with extensive inside/outbound sales experience at fast-growing SaaS before (+1 if in ecomm space).

Interested? Send me a note at fei@sourcemedium.com

Re: Ask HN: Who's looking for a co-founder?

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Post by thaufeki » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 4:11 PM UTC

bsirkia wrote: post #64

Been building https://zoomingle.com over the last few months, it's a group video chat service that automatically creates randomized breakout rooms to facilitate 1:1's and other small group chats within a larger group. Came up with it because happy hours during Covid had no side conversations, spontaneous chats, etc. and figured that's the whole point. It's somewhat do-able with Zoom's breakout rooms, but if you have…

Think this is a great idea, quick q:

is this an entirely separate platform, or an integration to Zoom?

I think everyone has experienced the awkwardness of being in a company "party" this season, say one word and you're put in center stage for 60 people, really discourages participation.

I wonder how "natural" you could make the mingle, like if you're in one group and see three people chatting in another bubble (I'm envisioning a panel with all sub-groups in separate bubbles), can you move over non-chalantly? (Don't know why this came to mind immediately, I'm just imagining being trapped in a conversation at a party being 10X worse if there's no way to leave the bubble without everyone immediately noticing lol)