startup-founders

KarenGlouBeauty·Oct 28, 2020

Posted in:Technical Founders Solo Founders Favors Resources Startups

Something that comes up, again and again, is how hard it is for non-tech founders to find their technical counter par. I find all the marketplace/matching sites out there to be mediocre paywall solutions, so I wanted to create a free resource. I want to make a support community for non-tech founders who are struggling or have struggled with finding a technical person and also make a database to match non-technical founders with tech people. I've created a little airtable to collect names and contact info in the meantime: https://www.glou.co/startup-founders- - - - - It's hard for technical and non-technical founders to find their counterparts.I find the marketplace/matching sites out there to be mediocre solutions, so I wanted to create a free resource to help connect non-tech founders with technical people.Non-technical people:I'm going to make some kind of support group in addition to this database. If you've ever had to find a technical person for your start-up, please join the conversation as well. Just want to help all those single non-tech peeps overcome this conundrum.Technical people:I’m trying to build a list of technical people who can help non-tech people kick start the tech side of things or even help people in a certain sector network with technical folks

teresaman·Oct 28, 2020

Hey Karen! Thanks for sharing this! Letting you know I've consolidated your two posts since they're directed towards the same page!

angelicaliberato·Oct 29, 2020

Awesome, if I'm not a tech founder, can I sign up?

KarenGlouBeauty·Nov 09, 2020

Yes!!

DianePrince·Nov 29, 2020

Hey Karen, I love this! How has it been going? I've got a few clients who need technical people on their team and would like to refer them. I'd love to hear how it's been going since your post on 10/28. BTW, Glou looks interesting! How's that going and did you find you engineer yet?

KarenGlouBeauty·Dec 19, 2020

Hey Diane! So sorry about the majorly delayed reply. We have about 20 people in our little group and we chat and just share links to keep each other's spirits up. It's less of a connecting to technical people database right now (although there are a handful), but where solo founders can share tips and resources. Planning on doing another group call to touch base in the new year. Feel free to refer them :)

Cora190·Dec 19, 2020

Hi! Has this initiative gotten any traction? Starting to build technical team and would love to focus on women first, so wanted to leverage Elpha.

KarenGlouBeauty·Dec 19, 2020

Hey, so we have a small close knit group of non-technical founders. We are all trying different ways to find our technical counter parts and are planning on doing a group call in the new year to touch base and share what's worked/what hasn't since our last call. Feel free to join :)

Fari·Feb 11, 2021

Hello KarenGlouBeauty, is this still going on? I just signed up. I’m in search of a technical cofounder. Thanks

Monisha·Mar 31, 2021

Hey @FariI work as a software engineer with one of the FAANG companies 😉and also I am a co-founder.We often help clients hire and vet technical talent when the time is right because we know how important those first few hires are for startup culture and success.I work with a lot of early founders and have several clients in the very early stages of building their businesses. DM me or email me at [email protected] if you’d like to chat!