Ask HN: Looking for a co-founder for project with lots of work done already
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To me, this is the right approach to creating value...ignoring sunk costs. I wish you luck with the expectation that you don't need quite as much of it as an alternative growth strategy might require.
Yeah man, Solo founder action gets rough. I feel ya!!
Wow, that is an awesome landing page. Kudos.
I'm pivoting one of my long-term projects into a new company. I'm going full in on this. I have the support of an early-stage investor, and some early customers have signed up who are very eager to use the product even in alpha stage.
What I'm missing is a co-founder. I was a solo founder for many years, and that taught me some lessons... As I haven't found a suitable/available co-founder candidate in my immediate vicinity, I figured I should turn to HN.
The name of the company is Neonto. Have a look at the teaser site:
http://neonto.com
The road to this product iteration has been long. In 2010, I released the first version of a HTML5 animation/multimedia design app called Radi. It went to #1 on HN back then [1], and has also been posted a few times since.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2040844
Ultimately I failed to productize Radi. Big competitors emerged in this field soon after, but worse, the use case was unclear. I was modeling too much on Flash Pro and other animation tools, yet Radi also had web design and video features. I didn’t have actual customer need to drive development.
Neonto is based on the editor and animation core from Radi, but revamps the UI and back-end. It has a sharp new focus on mobile app UIs. I'm concentrating on content-heavy apps (rather than e.g. games). Neonto solves real problems in layout and interaction design across screen sizes, and produces lightweight native code for each platform.
So, would you like to be part of the next generation of mobile app design? If you feel like this is something where you could contribute, don't hesitate to get in touch (email in profile). Let's talk it over and see if we have a matching vision.
To be clear, I'm not looking for a minority partner, but a full co-founder. You'll get equal share in the company. I want to do this with someone who feels as strongly about its importance as I do.