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Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder?

9 points by subcosmos ↗ HN
There have been a few of these threads over the years, and now that we are moving into the YC-2018 application cycle, it's time for matchmaking.

Please indicate what you are building and what you are looking for.

Maybe someone should build a Tinder for finding cofounders

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sharemywin
I would be much more interest in finding people to work on small indie projects together than a startup that was hastily planned at the last minute.
sharemywin
I have mining rig with 3 1080s I was looking to do something with GANs on.
[dead] hodl
Why only 3?
remyp
Same here. I'm a full-stack dev and would love to bootstrap something small and revenue-oriented.

Any marketing/sales/etc. people out there with domain expertise in a problem space and a semi-validated idea please feel free to reach out via the contact info in my profile.

Nilef
Any Scotland based members looking for a project?
MIKarlsen
Not my project, but a guy on Twitch streams while he's making this (which is kinda like the Tinder for entrepreneurs you're asking for) - https://kaem.io/
FittyCent
Potentially looking for a co-founder in SF/LA area. We have a working MVP with initial traction (paying customers coming soon) in the sales enablement SaaS field.
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hiram112
>Maybe someone should build a Tinder for finding cofounders

The best way to do this now is to attend tech and business Meetups in your area. In a big city, there are a lot of them.

burneristoast
I am potentially looking for a co-founder but am not entirely sure if it would be a good idea. I own a fledgling revenue-oriented transactional SaaS startup in a niche. Volume is low, margins are high, acquisition prospects are good if we can get rolling. Bootstrapped, started as a side project a couple years ago. Have a web app in production but finding good talent and financing the development has been challenging. Most contractors either price out of my budget or get cold feet about learning their way around the somewhat complex code base. Right now operating without a developer at all. Have some customers and a highly lucrative partnership in the final stages of negotiation (worth as much as $40K/week) but it's unlikely I'll be able to close on the deal if I can't line up some ongoing dev help. On one hand, I'm committed to seeing this through by whatever means necessary. On the other hand I have a bit of a sunk cost problem and am not sure, given the amount of work and money that has gone into the product thus far (and modest angel investment), that I could reasonably part with enough equity to interest a "co-founder." About me: tons of domain experience and contacts, highly product-focused, self-taught developer (have written reasonably large portions of the code base for tasks that I'm capable of coding well).
matt_the_bass
It sounds like maybe you need an employee not a cofounder.
burneristoast
All things being equal I would certainly prefer to just hire, but beggars can't be choosers. Ironically, I ended up bootstrapping the business because I could not find a technical co-founder in the early days. As a "non-technical founder" in the Bay Area without an educational or product management pedigree it's damn near impossible to find a technical co-founder because no one trusts that you aren't a slave-driving leech. And if you can't assemble a founding team it becomes almost impossible to raise more than 5 figures or be accepted to an incubator.
Bashmaistora
I am a full stack developer and am looking for a project that can generate revenue. I would be interested in learning about the business and potentially helping you if there is a fit. You can find contact details in my profile and send some more information across.