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Dating app looking for a co-founder

10 points by cabmille ↗ HN
Hi, my name is Julian, i'm from Switzerland and i'm looking for a co founder interested in discussing how a dating app could be cool and loved by the customer and eventually build it. I already have a lot of ideas about how to create an innovative and fast growing user base app. I studied UX and marketing, would be great having a conversation with a developer.

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avelis
Have you nailed down: 1. A product market fit? 2. Accessibility channels? 3. Monetization strategy? 4. Competitive Advantage?

UX & marketing are pieces of the puzzle but not the whole pie. If you have all the pieces ready above then I think you are ready to engage a developer /co-founder.

In my experience with dating (speeddate.com) it is a lucrative business but a very shady one depending on what line of the fence you sit on. Approach with care.

Cheers.

cabmille
Would be interesting talking about your previous experiences. Right now i have ideas but those ideas need to be discussed. If you are interested too we can meet.
avelis
With my current time commitments the best I can do is email. If that doesn't work for you then I understand. I wish you the best of success in your venture!
justintocci
It is very likely you're putting off developers that would otherwise be happy to talk to you.

You seem to indicate you are not a developer yourself, yet you think you have ideas related to scalability. If I want someone to tell me how to do my job then they'd need to be either a developer I want to learn from or paying me obscene amounts of money.

cabmille
sorry, probably the same word means different things in my language, i meant how the app can grow fast.
Chetane
"fast growing user base" != how to scale from a technical aspect, but rather how to acquire a lot of users quickly.
xbrahaxz
email me: xbrahaxz@gmail.com

background: www.about.me/brycedbayens

zoltar92
Are you solving your own problem?

What is the quantum of utility over other dating apps?

Why would you foremost like to discuss the app and only then "eventually build it" - why not jump right in and see if your future customers find it "cool and love..(it)"?

cabmille
I would like to discuss my ideas with someone who, like me, is interested in dating apps and who can see the problems of building them in a technical way.
professorTuring
I'm interested as well, my brother in law is in the business of dating/friendship and maybe we can partner up =)

professorturing [at] gma... com

steveinator
Does anyone else find this incredibly ironic?
ctech
Hi, We are a team of experts which enabled 3 startups achieve seed round funding in last 3 years. All the products were introduced as ideas to begin with.

We were about to begin developing our own web app around online dating, and did invest quite lot of time into feature analysis and wireframing initial screens.

Let us know in case you want to have a discussion.

evaltn at gmail.