Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder? (August 2021)
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Building https://www.railsrocket.app/ a no-code app builder that creates real code apps.
Looking for a cofounder(s) to help take it to the next level.
I'm looking for the following roles and skills, but if you're really excited by the role get in touch anyway and let's talk.
Growth Marketing / Customer Development - Finding, onboarding and communicating with our first customers is key. Scaling that process will then follow shortly. I need someone who's done this before who is willing to start small but with the experience to scale up rapidly.
Design / Product - A strong visual designer who can make the product, website and marketing materials look beautiful. Someone with experience designing and managing technical products - think Stripe or Mixpanel. Happy to take on product management, roadmapping, feature design, managing developers, getting your hands dirty with front end code.
CTO - I'm technical and capable of building out the product myself but the scope of the product is large and there's loads to do. For the right technical candidate I'd happily give up the CTO role. The ideal candidate would be hands on with team-building experience with specifics in Web Hosting, Compiler/Parser tech, and solid RoR experience.
Fundraising - any experience in fundraising would be a plus as we will be raising a pre-seed shortly.
Marketplace development - Especially from a product development and growth marketing perspective.
Nocode space - Any experience in the space is good but especially any experience working on another app builder would be great.
Looking for a cofounder(s) to help take it to the next level.
I'm looking for the following roles and skills, but if you're really excited by the role get in touch anyway and let's talk.
Growth Marketing / Customer Development - Finding, onboarding and communicating with our first customers is key. Scaling that process will then follow shortly. I need someone who's done this before who is willing to start small but with the experience to scale up rapidly.
Design / Product - A strong visual designer who can make the product, website and marketing materials look beautiful. Someone with experience designing and managing technical products - think Stripe or Mixpanel. Happy to take on product management, roadmapping, feature design, managing developers, getting your hands dirty with front end code.
CTO - I'm technical and capable of building out the product myself but the scope of the product is large and there's loads to do. For the right technical candidate I'd happily give up the CTO role. The ideal candidate would be hands on with team-building experience with specifics in Web Hosting, Compiler/Parser tech, and solid RoR experience.
Fundraising - any experience in fundraising would be a plus as we will be raising a pre-seed shortly.
Marketplace development - Especially from a product development and growth marketing perspective.
Nocode space - Any experience in the space is good but especially any experience working on another app builder would be great.
I am open to starting a business with someone who is mostly on the business side, but also has technical chops. I have been working in applied AI since 1982, I have 55 patents, and recently I have learned Swift/SwiftUI so I am thinking Apple’s ecosystem. I would prefer starting a three or four person company, but just having one cofounder would also be great.
You have a seriously impressive profile!
Just out of curiousity, I hope you don't mind me asking, what business do you want to start? Are you working on an idea already?
Just out of curiousity, I hope you don't mind me asking, what business do you want to start? Are you working on an idea already?
I've been open to a co-founder for about a year now -- really, since going full-time back in 2020. I'm looking for that Fathom Analytics duo dynamic, but I just haven't found the right fit yet. I *think* I'm looking for a co-founder with a larger focus on marketing/sales, but maybe I'd get along better with another technical founder that wants to do both of those with me. I currently do everything: dev, design, marketing, and sales, which I think is holding back "what could be." Ok, ok -- I'll stop rambling -- feel free to slip into my DMs (email).
My suggestion is to find someone who compliments what you are doing. It is nice to have another technical founder to discuss ideas etc but focus on your pain point which could be sales/marketing. You can always hire more devs/technical resources later on once you grow further. If you are technical enough, find the non technical partner which should almost always be sales/marketing in early days.
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REMOTE GLOBAL | UK
Looking for a co-founder for a project in edutainment space. Project is at an ideation phase, so the idea is still taking shape.
Looking for someone with C/C++, Unity and XR(AR/VR/MR) experience or someone who has the confidence to ramp-up, and excited to work in this area.
The project idea is simple: To encourage students to take TEAMS(Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths and Science) subjects using XR technologies and Space exploration as a theme.
I have a tech background(C/C++, mobile, desktop, servers, some game porting, 2D graphics, etc experience). But I am a generalist software engineer.
email id: eWMuY29mb3VuZGVyLm1hdGNoQGdtYWlsLmNvbQo=
Looking for a co-founder for a project in edutainment space. Project is at an ideation phase, so the idea is still taking shape.
Looking for someone with C/C++, Unity and XR(AR/VR/MR) experience or someone who has the confidence to ramp-up, and excited to work in this area.
The project idea is simple: To encourage students to take TEAMS(Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths and Science) subjects using XR technologies and Space exploration as a theme.
I have a tech background(C/C++, mobile, desktop, servers, some game porting, 2D graphics, etc experience). But I am a generalist software engineer.
email id: eWMuY29mb3VuZGVyLm1hdGNoQGdtYWlsLmNvbQo=
To @whoisbuilding
How to contact you? I have a suggestion for this effort of yours. It is a nice thing to do, but there are certain things that you need to consider for this.
Cheers
How to contact you? I have a suggestion for this effort of yours. It is a nice thing to do, but there are certain things that you need to consider for this.
Cheers
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Arcesium is a technology and tech-enabled services company. We deliver front, middle, and back office solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated institutional asset managers, hedge funds, asset allocators, and banks. Through a combination of advanced automation, innovative data management tools, and anomaly-resolution workflows, Arcesium’s clients can achieve a single source of truth, scalable to millions of data points, for use throughout their entire organization.
Building on a platform developed and tested by one of the world's leading investment and technology development firms, the D. E. Shaw group, Arcesium launched as an independent company in 2015. Arcesium received additional equity backing from a second seed client, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, the world's largest discretionary allocator to hedge funds. Since then, we have grown to support more than $380 billion in assets with a staff of over 1,000 software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.
Arcesium is hiring for the following roles:
- Distributed Systems Engineer [https://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jo...] - Software Engineer [https://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jo...] - Technical Relationship Manager [https://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jo...] - Enterprise Engineer [https://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jo...] - Business Analyst [https://career10.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jo...]
To learn more about these positions and apply, please visit our https://arcesium.com/careers.html.
In accordance with our standard procedure for processing applications for employment, candidate resumes and associated information may be sent to Arcesium affiliates in the United States, India, the United Kingdom, and possibly other locations where Arcesium or its affiliates maintain offices. Please note, applicants will be considered for employment opportunities only in those countries in which they have expressed interest. Arcesium will use reasonable care to maintain the confidentiality of applicant information and will not disclose it to any unaffiliated third party unless expressly requested or authorized by the applicant, or in a judicial, legislative, or administrative investigation or proceeding or to a government or other regulatory agency.
Arcesium and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. Note that for us, this is more than just a legal boilerplate. We are genuinely committed to these principles, which form an important part of our corporate culture, and are eager to hear from extraordinarily well qualified individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.
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Prism.Bio | Founding Engineer, Data science | Cambridge MA or remote | Full time
Prism is building a low-code platform that acts as a “data science team in a box”, enabling clients to aggregate, analyze, and visualize their data in real time, unlock new insights quickly, and make decisions that save time and money.
Our mission is to empower evidence-based research in the biomedical ecosystem and beyond. Our clients are a mix of industry and academic experts at the world’s top research institutions who are struggling to make sense of big, fractured datasets.
We are hiring a founding engineer who is excited to be involved in the entire business—helping us build the team, strategizing about future directions, and shaping the workplace culture. You will own architecture and engineering, working with our team to design, develop, and scale the existing product.
You should be a React stack expert (our current stack is: Typescript, React, Next, Vega, and Firebase). Ideally, you should also be excited about data science and have some experience with modern data visualization.
Prism is a fast-growing start-up with a creative, yet serious, mission-driven culture. Above all, we value fearlessness in the face of complex problems. We offer a generous compensation/equity package, genuine work-life balance, a remote work environment (no need to relocate) or a seat at JLABS’ office space in the Cambridge CIC Center, and comprehensive benefits.
To learn more about us, you can visit our website: https://prism.bio
Prism is an equal employment opportunity employer. We offer equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
Prism is building a low-code platform that acts as a “data science team in a box”, enabling clients to aggregate, analyze, and visualize their data in real time, unlock new insights quickly, and make decisions that save time and money.
Our mission is to empower evidence-based research in the biomedical ecosystem and beyond. Our clients are a mix of industry and academic experts at the world’s top research institutions who are struggling to make sense of big, fractured datasets.
We are hiring a founding engineer who is excited to be involved in the entire business—helping us build the team, strategizing about future directions, and shaping the workplace culture. You will own architecture and engineering, working with our team to design, develop, and scale the existing product.
You should be a React stack expert (our current stack is: Typescript, React, Next, Vega, and Firebase). Ideally, you should also be excited about data science and have some experience with modern data visualization.
Prism is a fast-growing start-up with a creative, yet serious, mission-driven culture. Above all, we value fearlessness in the face of complex problems. We offer a generous compensation/equity package, genuine work-life balance, a remote work environment (no need to relocate) or a seat at JLABS’ office space in the Cambridge CIC Center, and comprehensive benefits.
To learn more about us, you can visit our website: https://prism.bio
Prism is an equal employment opportunity employer. We offer equal opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
Please only post if you personally are the founder (or one of the co-founders) of the startup. No recruiting firms, venture builders, or job boards. Only one post per company (how many co-founders can one look for anyway). Please explain on a high level what your company does.
Commenters: please don't reply to these posts telling people why their idea won't work. It's off topic here.
Readers: please only email if you are personally interested in committing yourself to a co-founder role. No "CTO for hire" companies!