I am 18 years old and a student in university. I have built 3 web apps in the past and allowed them to die because of school work. I build web apps because i love coding (hobby). I recently built poplytics.com and still working on it but i don't want it to die off. I have no idea how to market it and do customer development. I have had a bad run with bloggers when trying to get them to review my service.<p>How do i get a cofounder who would focus on marketing? Advice pls..
How did your previous ones "die"? Software is not mortal. Why can't your past web apps be product material for a startup? Did you just lose interest?<p>You may not like this answer, but the actual hacking and coding is a very small part of launching an independent software company. Your "marketing cofounder" is really in for more like 90% of the work. If all you want to do is code, well, you're in competition with millions of coders worldwide who are willing and able to work more cheaply.<p>patio11, one of HN's most respected members and best contributors, makes his living on a product that he himself characterizes as "hello world hooked up to a random number generator." His business building was all in figuring out and optimizing AdWords and email responders and the payment pages and logos and colors and so on. Does that truly hold your interest to dive into?
Why are you studying pharmacy if you love coding?<p>It will be very hard to reconcile school, hobby and actual entrepreneurship when they are all in diverging areas (and "coding" has very little to do with entrepreneurship). My advise would be to find better alignment in your activities. Otherwise you will end up doing all three just well enough to fail.<p>For example, you could do an internship in a bioinformatics start-up. Learn about entrepreneurship, network and still get to practice your interests/skills - all in one shot. Not everything has to be about Web2.0...
Maybe it's time to network. I'm about your age too and I also develop web apps. Does your university have a marketing program? Maybe you could get connected with some other students who are interested in marketing and your idea.
Not what you are asking for, but you should add some screenshots to poplytics.com. I don't want to sign up for something before I can see what it does.
where are you located? there are meetups specifically setup to help you find a co-founder in austin tomorrow night and in nyc next week
<a href="http://www.centernetworks.com/co-founder-meetup-nyc-austin" rel="nofollow">http://www.centernetworks.com/co-founder-meetup-nyc-austin</a>