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by onion2k 4832 days ago
"This makes it hard to just go visit my CS department and hope to find even a shred of entrepreneurial spirit."

Why? They're people over there in the CS department. Real ones, with goals and ambition just like you. If you really have a great idea then there'll be people who'll listen and want to be part of it. This sort of anti-CS prejudice isn't going to help you find a co-founder.

"In addition very few people have the necessary skills (full web stack, primarily code in Python(optional), some experience in creating chats and analytics)."

You're the business guy, you admit you don't have the technical skills, yet you're trying to dictate the choice of tools? Why is that? Non-technical founders have no more place picking the language your software is written in than your developers would have coming up with your business's marketing strategy.

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I didn't mean to imply that CS students aren't entrepreneurial. I just meant that when I talk with the CS students in MY school they aren't entrepreneurial.

Also I only added the "Python(optional)" because that is what I have learned so it would be easier to work with someone who uses it as well.

I have nothing but respect for CS students. Poor phrasing on my part.