[ttul]

Find an experienced cofounder who can hustle. Your technical depth and managerial experience will lend credibility to his or her efforts to secure funding.

Finding legitimate problems is not hard. Finding novel solution approaches is hard. Universities are often brimming with innovative solutions and innovators who could not sell beer to an alcoholic. Maybe find a great idea at a university and then you provide the engineering while the hustler does the fundraising and selling.

[iKSv2]

"Universities are often brimming with innovative solutions and innovators who could not sell beer to an alcoholic"

This hits home

[koudos]

How would I find out about these? Attend pitches? Talk to grad students?