[teaspoon]

Here's my opinion as someone who's sometimes approached to be a technical cofounder or early employee.

First, banish the phrase "change the world" from your vocabulary. I've never heard it used in a meaningful, information-conveying sentence. And in being appropriated in this century by a multitude of entrepreneurs who later scrapped their projects in six-figure talent acquisitions, the phrase has become worse than meaningless. If your project is going to have a tangible social benefit, don't say, "We're going to change the world"; say, "We're going to effect <tangible social benefit>".

Second, reexamine the "passionate" vs. "quick buck" dichotomy you've constructed. Almost everyone is passionate about something. When you look for a cofounder, you're asking someone to be passionate about your idea. If that's so easy to do, why haven't you joined someone else's project already?

Lastly, congratulations on bootstrapping to profitability. If you're not mentioning that early in your conversations with prospective cofounders, then you ought to be. That you accomplished that on your own, to me, recommends you very strongly.

[michaelabe]

Thank you for the feedback I agree, very good points. Yes I worked very hard and failed way to many times, I realized you have to be a nutcase to start a startup, I am just looking for another nutcase to help me out.