It's not even so much about the actual ideas or projects, because these are usually very much related to the setup that I've met the person(s) in. Everyone has ideas and at some point there was something were multiple people were (at least initially) passionate about. However, it never really stuck.
I've read about the afterpay guys and found it pretty fascinating, so maybe it might not even be the best idea to look for team mates in actual team mates, but rather somewhere totally different?
However, just checked your profile, I find it fascinating that you nevertheless pulled something off and launched an idea on your own then! How was it going and has this maybe helped with making connections to people that might be interested to work with you?
> Everyone has ideas and at some point there was something were multiple people were (at least initially) passionate about. However, it never really stuck.
That's true. I experienced that with Sqwok where some years ago when the idea first came to mind, I was joined by two other people (one I worked with and one was existing relationship) and we began building an mvp. But life happened and that original setup didn't pan out, which was a hit to the ego but a good thing in the end because it forced me to really choose whether I wanted to pursue it still, and I had to learn a bunch of new tech I hadn't used before.
> I've read about the afterpay guys
I haven't read about that, do you have a link to what you read or was it a book?
So far I've had the really neat experience of meeting quite a few people directly through the site (I've only posted it to HN so far but planning to start growth effort very shortly).
I've had people from many different corners of the Earth talking on there, and so in my own mind it's already a success!
I quite often think how it'd be great to have one or two cofounders to work with but so far haven't met those people. I also haven't put in a concerted effort and chose to build it out as far as I could with my own knowledge... but realistically for an ambitious project it just becomes very difficult at a certain point.
Have you worked on a startup in the past? Also if you're interested to check it out, feel free to create a post or just drop in a chat and @guac to get my attention! :D
It's not even so much about the actual ideas or projects, because these are usually very much related to the setup that I've met the person(s) in. Everyone has ideas and at some point there was something were multiple people were (at least initially) passionate about. However, it never really stuck.
I've read about the afterpay guys and found it pretty fascinating, so maybe it might not even be the best idea to look for team mates in actual team mates, but rather somewhere totally different?
However, just checked your profile, I find it fascinating that you nevertheless pulled something off and launched an idea on your own then! How was it going and has this maybe helped with making connections to people that might be interested to work with you?