Ask HN: Want to do a cannabis start-up with me?
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> I've got a designer, a fellow stoner, who wants to help me build a better weedmaps.
Which is...you know...a clone of weedmaps.
> I'm looking for a coder who is a better coder than I am who also is more functional when there's a vaporizer next to her/his keyboard.
So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?
Which is...you know...a clone of weedmaps.
> I'm looking for a coder who is a better coder than I am who also is more functional when there's a vaporizer next to her/his keyboard.
So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?
* So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?
Yeah skippy, that's exactly why I want to work with people who are better at something than I am, so I can slack off. How did you guess?
Yeah skippy, that's exactly why I want to work with people who are better at something than I am, so I can slack off. How did you guess?
So what exactly do you bring to the table? The only thing I can see is money and a weedmaps clone could be run on GAE for pretty much free or near free, no need for thousands of dollars.
I'm all for building better websites and better services, but this reeks of the "I've got this idea, you build it, and we'll split the profit" mentality that software developers hear everyday.
I'm all for building better websites and better services, but this reeks of the "I've got this idea, you build it, and we'll split the profit" mentality that software developers hear everyday.
I bring well over a decades' worth of operations experience, experience starting and running four companies, two which flopped, and one which I merged into a company that I sold. I'm currently spending all of my free-time learning Ruby and Python, and will jump into Rails soon, and am hoping to collaborate with a more experienced web developer to jumpstart that learning curve.
I also don't come with the negativity and snarkiness you're demonstrating, but an open mind, a ton of energy, and a desire to build rather than to knock down and criticize others, something highly lacking in the tech community, as you're so readily proving.
I also don't come with the negativity and snarkiness you're demonstrating, but an open mind, a ton of energy, and a desire to build rather than to knock down and criticize others, something highly lacking in the tech community, as you're so readily proving.
>"So you want a person to code up the website while you smoke some pot and the split the profits?"
I think the plan is to spliff the profits.
I think the plan is to spliff the profits.
Great email (came up in my "San Francisco marijuana start-up Google email alert). Marijuana's legalization is inevitable, and it's going to be a huge opportunity. I think you're on to something (maybe not the whole 'cloning' idea, but creating something, using technology, to improve the internet-savvy weed smoker's life could be interesting). I unfortunately have no coding skills - but am killer at powerpoint/excel (M&A background), truly appreciate the value of good tree (esp. Blue Romulan, Northern Lights, SF Ice, etc.), and would love to help.
Hi GanjaHacker. I'm a developer and currently run a cannabis related website. What's your email? Let's talk.
It's [email protected], let's talk!
I think you should mention where you live. Might be able to snag someone nearby's interest if they know your location.
Mike, thanks for that! I live in San Francisco, and if you want to e-mail me to collaborate, drop a line to [email protected]
"It's a trap!" </akbar>
I love the enthusiasm..I would love to help!
Here's a tip.
Maybe next time you're looking for a business partner you shouldn't mention that you used to have a habit of breaking and entering office buildings while "in a ganja-induced haze".
Signed,
Someone who has done his fair share of drugs.
Maybe next time you're looking for a business partner you shouldn't mention that you used to have a habit of breaking and entering office buildings while "in a ganja-induced haze".
Signed,
Someone who has done his fair share of drugs.
Used to? I still do. San Francisco is too beautiful a city to not want to explore it's heights. If this scares you off, good, you're not the kinda person I want to collaborate with, but thanks for the advice!
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My depression was quite humbling. More humbling was experiencing happiness or the first time since I was 6 years old (when my parents started medicating me for ADHD which I now feel was a mis-diagnosis). My depression had made me a poor performer for years, rendering me almost catatonic after my wife left me.
Drugs made me happy. I'm willing to bet that legal drugs would have done the same, but well, that's just not the route I choose. After my acid-trip I spent a year smoking ganja, exercising, and facing some incredibly hard truths about myself and my life.
I spent 2010 in a ganja-induced haze. I managed to somehow do about $100k in consulting, but mostly I exercised, chased women around, fell in love, lost 100 lbs, and searched for happiness wherever I could, and usually found it alone sitting on the roof of some office building in SOMA (I also learned how to bump locks).
Now that I'm feeling more capable, I've put myself back on the job market, and have discovered that most start-ups aren't doing anything that will bring me joy. Today every new company is a groupon clone or a heroku clone. I just sat down with yet another groupon clone, and am waiting for a heroku clone to come and "interview me" in a few minutes.
Fuck it, if business in 2011 means talking about cloning shit, I'd rather talk about sativa clones than groupon clones. These bring me more happiness than products who exist only to convince consumers to consume more.
Let's do a cannabis-related start-up. Weedmaps owns the "find me a place to get me high" market, and they suck donkey dick. I've got a designer, a fellow stoner, who wants to help me build a better weedmaps. She's rad. I even have a guy who is willing to put $35k-$50k into helping build this, plus I personally don't need income for a few years, so I have options.
I'm looking for a coder who is a better coder than I am who also is more functional when there's a vaporizer next to her/his keyboard. I'm hoping one of my friends will read this, and think "hey that writing tone sounds like so and so.. I didn't know he smoked too".
Maybe we'll do a weedmaps killer .. or perhaps we'll just get high together while we work on separate projects, "Co-Working With Cannabis" sounds more fun than working for Google, what can I say?