I have just started prototyping out my initial MVP after gathering user stories. While I have what it takes to do some solid coding, my UI/UX experience is lacking. What is the best way to find a local UI/UX person that is looking to jump on board with a startup for sweat equity?<p>I have attended various events and talked to several people but haven't really found what I am looking for just yet. Are there avenues of recruitment that people have had great success with?<p>Thanks!
Finding a business partner (co founder) is just like finding a life partner. You have to start out with a business date and see if you can take the relationship to the next level. Running a business is all about conviction and hard work. You will go through lots and lots of ups and downs and for better or worst your business partner will be there to share your burden. You should try to get a co-founder with skill-set that is different from yours. So, if you are a coder, try to bring someone who is great at sales and marketing especially with user acquisition experience. Two hackers are good but diversity in co-founder is even better! Especially, if you can get someone with user acquisition experience upfront, it will make all the difference. Building some thing that every one wants is the hardest thing to do so in a team try having one person focused on building the product and the second person on bringing users to test it.
I'm curious as to what these "hackfests" you refer to are. Are they meetups from meetup.com in your area? I'm in a similar situation, a UI designer looking for a developer co-founder and haven't found any luck either.
How about the people that don't like or dont have time for said hackfests, how else would one meet someone like this?<p>I feel that hackfests/days are not really all that enjoyable but am just as likely to be prime co-founder material...