Hey all. I have a validated idea by a small group of people who are acquaintances I met through a side gig I have been working on in the past 10 years. I am currently working on a deck to pitch a seed round. I can fund a prototype with my own money, but it’s better to have funding so I can quit my job (not with SoFi anymore). I would very much like to have one or two cofounders who are more technical then me. I do have a CS degree and did front end work early in my career. The past 10+ years I have been a manager in product and program areas so I wouldn’t claim to be very technical at this point. But I can still write sql well if that helps. To be specific, I would like someone who is passionate about investment and the analytics part of it. I am talking to VCs that would fund solo founders, but it’s always better to work with others to bounce off ideas and keep each other accountable. Even better if you live in the Seattle area. This is my 4th startup. The first one made decent money as an agency. The second one was related to real estate. It was marginally profitable if you don’t count the equity gain. The third one I failed it miserably 10 years ago. I also worked at Google for 2.5 years in the early days I hope this gives you a brief idea of me. If you are interested after reading this, let me know. Thanks! TC: 300k at a big financial corp that is killing my soul.
Without revealing what your idea is, has there ever existed a similar product and how are they doing?
Are you looking for engineer or analyst/vc
I am interested and I work at Sofi currently.😅
Could you share a little about generally what type of product this is? Don’t need to give away any secret sauce, but would like to know industry or user type.
To answer some of your questions. This is an advanced analytics tool with content. There are products out there that provide partial information for certain investment class but they are fragmented. Partly it’s because those data are not structured. Since I do it as a side gig, I know large investment firms have an army of analysts doing that type of work.
Who will be your customers and what will be your business model?
Subscription service. Customers could be private equity or individuals.
In addition, this also has a non tech component that is harder to solve. Hence the value propositions.
I’m interested. I’m an experienced sfwr engineer with investment/portfolio analytics experience.
I will reach out this evening over DM if that works for you.
OP - can you DM me please? Similar background - CS degree with initial coding and now into product management. Interest and passion with problem solving, market research and product roadmap. I can add value in user adoption and marketing as well. Let’s chat.
Interested. I’ve got a background in investing and analytics. My technical skillset is full stack, but prefer backend. Feel free to DM. Let’s chat.
Hello! I don't have founder experience but when you're ready to hire folks, I'd love to interview.