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Cruising HN probably isn't the place to find founders, honestly. Where do you live? Is there an established startup community there? Make friends in IT, and get introductions. Go to meetups.

Meanwhile, narrow yourself down to a single problem that you think offers maximum opportunity and minimum scope and risk, something that can be tackled with a MVP (minimum viable product). Design workflows. Learn wireframing. Create a business entity. Do everything you possibly can on your own that advances the project without actually writing the code. The farther along you are and the more viable it looks, the easier it will be for you to get a coder to help you.



Orange County. Thanks for the help Beat, and thanks for the support from HN community. Time to get to work.


Cal poly is close-ish to you, and has an excellent computer science department. Start making contacts there.

There is a Cal Poly chapter of ACM, the Cal Poly Linux User's Group (CPLUG) and a Cal poly chapter of WISH (women in software and hardware).




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