What's the best place to find (technical) co-founders?

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I'm currently looking for iOS, Android, and Node.js developers to finish up a sweet new social/utility app 😁 Without funding, it is key to find partners that 1) have a lot of free time to work on the project by investing their own time and 2) are first and foremost motivated by passion for the idea itself. A lot of platforms for team recruitment are focused on finding designers, paid freelancers, or are unfortunately ghost towns. Anyone know any co-founder recruitment platforms with great communities or success stories out there? 🔥

Robert van Hoesel · Accepted Answer

Indiehackers is definitely not a co-founder recruitment platform, but be sure to hit their forum since the people hanging around here all have the same mindset as you.

Kunal Bhatia · Answer

There is no substitute for engaging with your local community on a regular basis. I go to a lot of Meetups to both learn and see what others care about. I have a bias against finding "technical co-founders." Find someone who cares about the problem you're trying to solve. If they are a dev, great. If not, chances are they may know someone else who cares about the same problem.

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You can find techinical mentors willing to help you on Mentor List.

Jake Hare · Answer

Coming soon, post your startup info and have developers bid equity to build (and in your case, finish building) your startup.

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Surprised no one has said slack. So many good workspaces out there to meet co-founders, freelancers etc.

Andrew Curnow · Answer

Working on this. Testing if founders would pay a subscription fee for a specialised platform to do just this.

Any feedback appreciated.

Lisa Dziuba · Answer

You can look for co-founder over Startup subreddit or go to tech subreddits directly (like iOSProgramming)

Megan Wale · Answer

Every Professional worker have LinkedIn profile with active use.

Benjamin Southworth · Answer

We've seen many people find success via Unicorn Hunt.

David L Silverman · Answer

Ditto

Nicholas Sheriff · Answer

I've used this platform in the past so far it hasn't failed...I tend to focus on fostering long-term relationships/partnerships than going there to get a "one time gig" done.

Nicholas Sheriff · Answer

I've found 2 co-founders from here, really great resource....I'd strongly suggest paying for the monthly fee and just focusing that month on reaching out that's what I did for a few weeks straight.

Károly Paczári · Answer

Try out CodersRank.io. 
For example, a CTO-s profile: https://profile.codersrank.io/user/peti2001
You can find much more similar co-founders

Arj Singh · Answer

@mubs made this website for the product hackathon, however is expanding it to include others as well. You could possibly use it for finding cofounders as well.

Kunal Mamtura · Answer

This network has wide reach of co-founder and good match too

André Gauci · Answer

Finding co-founders is just like finding employees - you'll just need to refine your pitch and focus on co-founder benefits. In the attached blog post, I list the different places we use for finding talent (that could be also used for finding co-founders). You can use different channels, such as Quora, Reddit, Internships, Job Boards, Mentors, Slack Communities and much more.

Igor Ozherelyev · Answer

Love this place! It's really great community for startup founders people who want to build their own business 👍

Deepak Bhardwaj · Answer

This is the platform to find best (technical) co-founders, Web Developers, Web Designers, Digital Marketer and many more related companies offers their services into this Domain.

David Smooke · Answer

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Bas Wakker · Answer

Found my tech co-founder here, and talked with many more