I am looking to join a technical person or a team to work on a start-up. I am willing to work my ass off including weeknights, weekends, or whatever it takes. I am willing to work 24/7 on this and give up everything else in my life to work on this. I have my own ideas, but I am completely open to joining others on their idea.<p>I am currently in NYC but am willing to move to Boston or SF if it’s the right team or person. I have bunch of savings saved up that I can survive for up to two years without a job.<p>Here is a little about me:<p>-I graduated from one of the top undergraduate business schools in America (currently ranked number two on Business Week’s top undergraduate business school ranking list)<p>-I have worked at Google and Salesforce. I am 23 years old male.<p>-I can SELL. I worked at Best Buy for 3 in high school selling. I am highly extroverted and can SELL! I love selling!! I very persistent and do not mind rejections.<p>-I am really good at people's skills, presenting, networking, and business development. I have high emotional intelligence and am pretty easy to get along with.<p>-I consider my specialty to be in business development, business strategy, marketing, and project management.<p>-I am a go-getter, and do not need to be told to do things. I literally can do everything that does not involve coding so coders can focus on the product.<p>-I am constantly reading and consider myself well read. I have obviously read classics such as the Lean Startup and all of Paul Graham’s essays. I also have read many books in different fields such as: management, psychology, philosophy, and biographies of successful entrepreneurs.<p>I am looking to join people who are extremely dedicated and are willing work their asses off to make a successful startup. If you are action-oriented, hacker-type, and are looking for a non-technical co-founder that fits the description above then please contact me at matt.gerboth@gmail.com.<p>Thanks
People might be interested in knowing what you did at Google and Salesforce (especially if it's linked with the sales/marketing which is where an inexperienced non-technical cofounder can add plenty of value to some startups)
If you have the savings and time, why not learn to code? You can add a lot more to the early technical parts and pull your own weight throughout the process.<p>Plus you'll better understand what's reasonable in terms of goals and deadlines, and find it much, much easier to find and attract technical people.
I would say hang out with other hackers at meetups. You just dont wanna join a startup based on their ideas or skills. You wanna make sure its a good fit for you and the team you join. Hang out with people, hack with them at hackathons, meetups etc. Once you find a team/individual that is good fit for beers, build a small product together and ship it without the mess of any partnership/equities/llc.
If you haven't already, be sure to create a free online profile on CoFoundersLab, <a href="http://www.cofounderslab.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cofounderslab.com/</a>. Search/connect with thousands of entrepreneurs, technical and non-technical looking to join a startup, for someone to join their startup, or open to either. Good luck!
Reading this makes me stop and think - I would not be willing to "give up everything else in my life" to start a company.<p>That said, good luck to you and I hope you find something worthwhile to apply your talents to.
I am a developer in NYC, and I do client projects with two other developers.<p>I'd be willing to meet for a coffee to talk about any possibilities. Shoot me an email: john@bitfountaincode.com