Comments on: Who Should You Start a Company With? As Seattle Evolves, FounderDating Has an Answer http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Our First Seattle Match! http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-130718 Our First Seattle Match! Thu, 13 May 2010 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=60944#comment-130718 [...] “Dodson, a game design expert previously with Tenacious Games and Divide by Zero Games, then met Bito, a software developer, in February at the first FounderDating event in [...] [...] “Dodson, a game design expert previously with Tenacious Games and Divide by Zero Games, then met Bito, a software developer, in February at the first FounderDating event in [...]

]]> By: How to Win the Future of Social Mobile Gaming: The Z2Live Story | 乐无线-无线互联网观察 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-110543 How to Win the Future of Social Mobile Gaming: The Z2Live Story | 乐无线-无线互联网观察 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:00 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=60944#comment-110543 [...] it yourself—and the broader lessons Z2Live could hold for building a successful company, and putting together the right founding team. It also reminded me of something that Madrona co-founder Tom Alberg told us last year: that in [...] [...] it yourself—and the broader lessons Z2Live could hold for building a successful company, and putting together the right founding team. It also reminded me of something that Madrona co-founder Tom Alberg told us last year: that in [...]

]]> By: Open Post: Weekend Entrepreneurial Reading | CenterNetworks http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-108718 Open Post: Weekend Entrepreneurial Reading | CenterNetworks Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=60944#comment-108718 [...] Who Should You Start a Company With? As Seattle Evolves, FounderDating Has an Answer – Xconomy [...] [...] Who Should You Start a Company With? As Seattle Evolves, FounderDating Has an Answer – Xconomy [...]

]]> By: Gregory T. Huang http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-108711 Gregory T. Huang Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:28:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=60944#comment-108711 Tim, I think John Bito was referring to the need to think really big. Too many developers spend their time building incremental products. And I agree it might be tough to judge co-founder chemistry quickly, but people will follow up as needed. This program seems to facilitate the whole process. Tim, I think John Bito was referring to the need to think really big. Too many developers spend their time building incremental products. And I agree it might be tough to judge co-founder chemistry quickly, but people will follow up as needed. This program seems to facilitate the whole process.

]]> By: Tim http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/01/29/who-should-you-start-a-company-with-as-seattle-evolves-founderdating-has-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-108710 Tim Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:13:50 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=60944#comment-108710 Great quote from John Bito at the end. “I’m looking for people who have juicy problems which have lucrative solutions to be developed,” he says. Um, thanks John. Aren't we all? Can you imagine someone saying, "I'm looking for people that have identified tiny problems that I could make some pocket change from. Nothing lucrative though." I tend to be skeptical about this speed dating business partner idea, as personal chemistry is huge. To meet someone in this type of forum, how well can you assess them? Great quote from John Bito at the end. “I’m looking for people who have juicy problems which have lucrative solutions to be developed,” he says. Um, thanks John. Aren’t we all?

Can you imagine someone saying, “I’m looking for people that have identified tiny problems that I could make some pocket change from. Nothing lucrative though.”

I tend to be skeptical about this speed dating business partner idea, as personal chemistry is huge. To meet someone in this type of forum, how well can you assess them?

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