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Ask HN: Confessions of a Non-Tech Co-Founder in Health-Tech

1 pointsby illini123almost 11 years ago
I am the &quot;business guy&quot; building a startup focused around data analytics in healthcare. Two more technical guys I&#x27;ve been working with are both still in school, and I&#x27;m looking to bring another individual onto the team. Before you pull out the pitchforks, here&#x27;s some context:<p>During grad school, I saw a scalable opportunity in health-tech, brought on two tech friends and started user research. However, when looking for a co-founder, it&#x27;s either &quot;too early&quot; or people who think health is boring. My guys can put in a few hours a week. What more can I realistically do to get &quot;traction&quot;? I do know the basics of coding, but in health IT, complexity is high. In my mind, I can only wear so many hats (see below). I&#x27;ve been in the health-tech community long enough to know the value a true technical co-founder brings. We need deeper technical leadership; there are things we know we don&#x27;t know and things we don&#x27;t know we don&#x27;t know. I&#x27;ve done my best to make sure that my contributions would be valued:<p>Competitor &#x2F; market research: Done. I&#x27;ve studied the major competitors &#x2F; familiarizing myself with their products.<p>Legal &#x2F; investors: Already in touch with several of the best startup lawyers &#x2F; investors in Chicago (my hometown) thanks to previous relationships.<p>Relationships with medical research community: Done. In the process of formalizing one with a leading medical school.<p>Relationships with hospitals: Ongoing. I&#x27;ve been working with physicians &#x2F; hospital administrators on this for several months, have plenty of user research and a network of strong advisors for making warm calls when the time comes.<p>Mock-ups &#x2F; wireframes: Nearing completion this week.<p>I want to solve an actual real-world problem (not &quot;Yo&quot;). I&#x27;d appreciate any feedback, and, if someone wants to help, just email me.

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carbocationalmost 11 years ago
I&#x27;m a doctor and I do tech (details in my profile). I might have missed this by skimming quickly, but it isn&#x27;t clear to me whether you are creating a new startup without your current co-founders, or whether you want to bring in new people with your current group.<p>Actually, it&#x27;s not totally clear what the relationship is between you and the &quot;technical guys&quot; - are they co-founders, hired hands, etc? More clarity there would be useful, I think if you&#x27;re looking for people from this community to potentially join you.
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