Looking for cofounder? automate the search
What do you do if you don't have a cofounder in your network? Finding a good cofounder is harder than finding a soulmate on Tinder.
You've got three options:
The "spray and pray" approach: Write a "looking for cofounder" post and hope that the right person sees it. Good luck finding your startup soulmate like that.
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Hi Nityesh, I found the same problem and for that reason I build my own platform to match with other founder very easily. On my platform you can pitch your project to get in touch and interview other founders. It did not explode yet, but check it out if you like: https://colabhunt.com/
No way! I built something really similar: https://guildorigin.com. It's actually crazy how close our implementations are, although I think guildorigin is a little more laid back since it's not really "startup" focused and more focused on general side projects. We should connect! I'm really curious if you found the idea didn't work or what the current status of it is.
I think 280 chars for the introduction is way too little.
YES. Glad to find this at a proper time.
"Hand-picked, vetted applicants (no "bro, I'll build your MVP in 3 days" BS)" that sounds like the real BS
What will be the point of promising something you cannot deliver, sure, it will get you a few subscribers but how do you plan to shift the blame when people actually expect you to deliver on an impossible promise?
Thanks for your invaluable comment @petrovn. Very insightful and value add. Unfortunately, there’s an extremely simple answer to your superb argument - i can deliver this by actually vetting the applications before the matching happens.
Next time, do take a few minutes to explore the thing you call “real BS” and an “impossible promise”.
But perhaps that would steal the only moment of the week (or month) from you where you could feel smart, insightful and productive. If that’s the case, please continue this.
that is the thing, you actually can't, unless by "vetting" you do not mean "ask them to fill a questionnaire" or "have a chat", that is where you will fail to deliver on your empty promise, but empty promises may have some way to monetize few misguided non-tech people, good luck with that.
Yeah, it's hard, but give a man one chance. We all deserve one chance in life. Dont we? :)