How do I find the right technical development partner?
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I'd start off by assuring people that you're not just an idea/business guy looking for code monkey to do all the technical work for 1% of the company.
I'd add to this even if it wasn't 1%. Even if you're willing to give 50% or more and actually are looking for a real cofounder, make sure you provide REAL value proposition beyond just the idea. Someone posted a pretty offensive but highly accurate post recently about something like this. Might be something to look into: http://throwawayhn.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/business-cofound...
That said, I have no clue where you're from but the best places to meet a potential cofounder is usually through your own friends first, friends of friends, and then everything else. Meetup.com is a good resource, eventbrite.com is another. If you're in the bay area, there are also specific events for cofounder meetups/dating. As a disclaimer, I've never done any of the cofounder meetups/dating events or anything but its worth a shot.
That said, I have no clue where you're from but the best places to meet a potential cofounder is usually through your own friends first, friends of friends, and then everything else. Meetup.com is a good resource, eventbrite.com is another. If you're in the bay area, there are also specific events for cofounder meetups/dating. As a disclaimer, I've never done any of the cofounder meetups/dating events or anything but its worth a shot.
I've done one of those things and its true what they say "All the good ones are taken." Most people I met didn't seem qualified to run a business.
Were you the business guy or the tech guy? Which one did you go to and which type were you looking for?
I have been vetting the idea with a number of people already and have gotten amazing feedback and it is time to try and build a company around it.
The rub is that while I have worked on building more than a dozen sites over my career, I have no real technical skill and definitely no ability to code or architect the designs and functionality that I think will make the company great.
As I head out and start to try and find the right technical person to help me in the process, I am working my network very hard but am afraid that I don’t know exactly where to find the right technical person/team to get everything off on the right foot.
Does anyone have suggestions of where to find, meet, source, scour, bribe, convince and/or kidnap someone amazing?
I have begun the process of signing up for meet up groups and will continue to network like crazy but would love any advice or leads that people suggest.
Thanks in advance
PK