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by CPops 5577 days ago
Wanting to change the world is a great thing. If you're already profitable, you're in a great position.

But please don't dismiss somebody for being a bit focused on how your business will make money over the short or long-term. If a co-founder wants to join up with you and doesn't ask you some really tough questions about your plans to make real money, you shouldn't be happy about this: you should question his experience, competence, and judgement.

Any decent developer has already been approached by many startups: most of which claim to have ideas that change the world and most of which have no real business plan and are destined to fail. Somebody who has been through this before is likely going to grill you hard about money and I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

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Of course you are right a smart guy should drill and ask lots of questions which I will be ready for. At this point were in a position that is solid, the product (consumer side) got good traction and the direction revenue wise is very solid (we generate 15K plus a month without trying to hard due to a small team). I posted this message as a message in a bottle type thing in hopes some magic happens. For me finding someone is worth more then raising a million dollars which I am not looking for at all for now.