| I like the idea, and good for you to start trying with yourself. I'm not interested, but 3 years ago I might have been. Let me give you the perspective of someone who might have bitten at this offer: 1) @cokokr1sp gave you good advice. You posted to Ask HN to get attention. Now you are getting it, so don't just offer to Skype. Post an answer showing what you offer, in terms of experience, accomplishments, enthusiasm, etc. You say you had two failures - doing what, and what did you learn? 2) I actually really like your idea, but similar ideas have gone bad in the past. The classic example of something like this going bad is the so-called Invention Submission Corp. If you are unfamiliar with it, and why a technical person might avoid it, google it. It is easy for technical people with a dream to get taken for a ride by non-technical people "helping" them. Adopting a co-founder model eliminates some of the problems with the ISC model, but you still need to have some safeguards against the "he just stole my work and took the profit" scenario. The world is full of bitter tech people who feel they got screwed over by their business partner. The better the safeguards and the reputation you build, the more technical people will be willing to join with non-technical people. 3) You also have to have safeguards and methods of evaluating the technical people and their ideas. A bad idea can take you for a ride too. How does a non-technical person know that they are not working hard to sell something that will never work or is a bad idea? This is a hard problem that VCs and institutions spend a lot of resources trying to get right. VCs can deal with this with by taking a lot of bets - that doesn't work for a single person. I know that there have been some ideas about sharing risk among startups, does Genghis have any solutions regarding this? Just some feedback on your idea. I wish you well and hope you find a good fit. |