Hey guys, I live in San Francisco and have a few ideas that I would like to find a partner with. I am willing to pay for a programmer's work (at an agreed upon rate) as well as split equity.<p>I am working with a co-founder who lives on the east coast for two halfway completed projects (my ideas, his programming); the URLs are in my profile. I would like to work with someone in the city for a few neat projects; I apologize if this post isn't in the appropriate place, but I feel like payment for services in addition to equity split is an attractive offer to some in the HN community.<p>If you are interested and/or want to hear about my current projects, please email me.
You'll probably get some emails, but here are a few thoughts for you:<p>1. You should do a better job of selling yourself. Nothing in your post screams out "this is I guy I <i>need</i> get get in touch with." Tell us what you bring to the table besides "a few neat ideas." Do you have a track record of success raising money, or selling something for actual money? Or some previous successful startup in your background? Have you done any customer development, market research, etc? Is there any demonstrable reason to think that your ideas are worth pursuing?<p>2. There are actually some red flags here that scream "warning." You're already working with somebody on two partially completed projects, and you want to jump into something else? That and the phrasing like "a few neat projects" could kinda opens the door to the perception that you're just dabbling and not terribly serious. NOTE: I'm not saying that you aren't serious, just pointing out the possible perception.<p>And the question of seriousness aside, there is a practical consideration of how many projects one person can be actively involved in at the same time.<p>3. Make it clear if you want an actual co-founder or "just a programmer." If everything is going to be "your ideas, his programming" then you aren't looking for a co-founder, you're looking for a programmer for hire. A co-founder will have his/her own ideas, and will challenge your ideas, tell you your idea sucks, or that part of it sucks, or that it's not possible, or that it's not practical; and will point out alternatives, suggest features, identify flaws and otherwise help develop the direction for the product(s).<p>4. Why not go ahead and share something about what you're working on? Give a tease or taste, to get people interested. I'm sure more than a few people are going to read this and think "Eh, no clue what he's doing, it's probably boring, can't be arsed emailing him." If you described your project in even general terms ("a website for buying petfood online!") then anybody who was particularly interested in that space would have their ears perked up a little, at least.