| I'm looking for a full-time frontend/backend developer for a social networking and comparative health startup for chronically-ill patients. Without going into too much detail, we are using a proprietary algorithm for connecting patients based on a combination of medical and interpersonal criteria. The comparative health element is a simulation of the actual health product development cycle into a fully interactive experience for patients. The purpose of this component is empowering into a voting bloc that influences health-product companies' decisions while making the process fun and rewarding for them. My personal background is in business: marketing, strategy, legal dispute analysis, financial analysis. I am a chronically-ill patient myself, so this is a service I've experienced a critical and deeply personal need for, for the last 4 years. I do not have back-end programming knowledge, but I do have experience collaborating with developers in both site planning and development. Business plan including in-depth target market and competitive analysis, product/revenue/marketing/target audience milestones, cash flow projections by each milestone are available for review. I have secured angel funding sources when required. This project has piqued the interest of several developers with startup experience, but so far none of the potential long-term candidates can commit full-time. Only looking for local US developers. Although programming skill set is obviously important, I consider personality compatibility to be more important in a startup environment so just for starters here are some of the basic traits I'm looking for: - Someone with a balanced lifestyle: wants to work on a startup full-time (8 hrs/day) but understands the need to decompress. I am very ambitious and entrepreneurial by nature but because of my health concerns I do not fit the 20-something, staying up on caffeine all night startup mold. - Impeccable communication skills are needed, so that we don't waste time passing emails back and forth clearing up misinterpretations. - Someone that has personal reasons for working on a health 2.0 startup: when you contact me, tell me precisely why (personal experience? lifestyle change? moral compass?)you're willing to dedicate a good chunk of your life to a website for very sick patients. I do not want to work with someone that is looking purely for profit or purely an entrepreneurial "rush", regardless of the startup's future income prospects. - Someone that also has a strong viewpoint (and thus will participate in strategy-shaping) but is also is consistently open-minded. - Level-headed, deeply analytic types that don't settle for quick and convenient answers. I am not a contentious person but I will discuss anything to death if it merits discussing. I look forward to hearing from any developers that fit that description. Please email me at m0joey83@gmail.com |