Anyone Looking for Non-Technical Co-Founder in NYC?

2 points by mattgerboth 13y ago ↗ HN

I am located in NYC and am looking to join a technical person or a team to work on a start-up. I am willing to work my ass off including weeknights, weekends, or whatever it takes. I am willing to work 24/7 on this and give up everything else in my life to work on this. I have my own ideas, but I am completely open to joining others on their idea.

Here is a little about me:

-I graduated from one of the top undergraduate business schools in America (currently ranked in the top 5 on Business Week’s top undergraduate business school ranking list)

-I have worked at Google and Salesforce.

-I am really good at people's skills, presenting, networking, and business development. I am also an extrovert and pretty easy to get along with.

-I consider my specialty to be in business development, business strategy, marketing, and project management.

-I am a go-getter, and does not need to be told things. I literally can do everything that does not involve coding so that coders can concentrate on coding and building the product.

-I have researched heavily into how other start-ups have made it big in terms of their execution and marketing.

-I am constantly reading and consider myself well read. I have obviously read classics such as the lean startup and all of Paul Graham’s essays. I also have read many books in different fields such as: management, psychology, philosophy, and biographies of successful entrepreneurs.

-Right now, I am getting more technical myself as I am currently learning Ruby on Rails very intensively. Getting more technical never hurts but only makes me understand a technical person’s point of view.

I am looking to join people who are extremely dedicated and are willing work their asses off to make a successful startup. If you are action-oriented, hacker-type, live in NYC, and are looking for a non-technical co-founder that fits the description above then please contact me at matt.gerboth@gmail.com.

Thanks

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fearless 13y ago ↗

A bit of advice: your post is missing the one word that matters: sales. Don't say what you're not(ie not technical) or that you have "people skills". Just talk about your sales ability. If I were looking for a tech cofounder, this is what my entire pitch would be: "If you build a product, I can sell it. Here's how much revenue I brought in at my last job." And that's all you need.