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Built a 7-figure agency, now looking for technical cofounder for startup:)

2 points by andreluque ↗ HN
Hi, I’m Andre Costa! I’m 23, Brazilian/American/Spanish (currently in Madrid), and the founder of Dev Studios, a software dev agency.

Built 75+ products across Web3, AI, and Gaming.

Helped clients reach 10M+ users and raise $50M+ (examples: Farcana, EstateX, Anomaly).

Scaled Dev Studios to 7-figures/year, taking on roles in sales, GTM, ops, and product. Learned how to build companies from zero.

Now going all-in on building my own tech startup → looking for a technical cofounder (10x dev) to move insanely fast and build something massive together.

A 10x dev, someone who’s proven they can do hard things, has shipped real products, and knows startups.

Send me a DM or email (andre [at] devstudios [dot] digital) if you're a fit :)

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Oras
You've built 75+ products, and haven't managed to convince any of the developers you've worked with to join you?
andreluque
Various problems here.

1) They are good developers, but they are employees. They want a fixed salary, a calm life, and just to be told what to work on not have to take ownership of something. Being a dev is different then being a CTO/Co-Founder. We've tried building startups internally, doesn't work out well, always last priority.

2) The developers are good, really good actually, but are they S-tier, 10x devs, no. And I strongly believe you need that.