Where To Find Ambitious Business Partners?

LostInTranslation asks: "If I were an MBA looking to make a fantastic new dotcom company, I would look around places like /. to try and net some technical wizards to do my bidding. Sites like this collect that kind of tech genius. But the problem is that I already am a technical wizard, and what I need is someone who is driven to sell wizardry. Where does one find that kind of person? Is there some kind of newsgroup they frequent? I've done a few searches, but nothing of value came up. How does a geek find a suit that wants to be exploited?" "I should clarify: I've run at least two quasi-successful companies in the past ten years, bootstrapping and innovating along. I don't want to run my own business anymore. It's tiring, it takes me away from the front lines, and I don't have the right personality for it. I am looking for a business partner who can turn my good ideas into success stories. I've got angel investors waiting for something to spend on, I've got a massive number of satellite resources to make any idea shine, but I'm missing someone with that je ne sais quoi ... that chutzpah, that integrity in the face of adversity. And I'm not gambling anyone's money on my ideas when I'm fully aware I don't want to run the show.

Someone out there in Slash-land must know where these people collect. They all seem too buzzword-aware to not be on the web somewhere. So give it up: where are they hiding?"

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article +5 Funny

[complete loony]

Did any of you actually look at the links? bootstrapping / kidney sale on ebay, integrity / SCO, angel investors / piggy bank.
ROFL

A startup is 1st like Dating then like Politics

[infonography]

I have had a sting of lame business partners. They are all hot for my ideas and when it comes to real work they sort of drift off like disinterested craigslist dates. Ambitious won't cut it. They are like horny dates, hot for what you got but gone in the morning. You are gonna need college grads with about three or four years of actual experiance as middle-upper management. The Startup model has always been a Beard and several Suits. This works, you need more then one Suit. Some of the warning signs are the suit is sort of hip. You want bland bland bland. Anal Cost accountants are best. Hip business people are dangerous because they are constantly on the make. You need to know some of the signs for lameness.

'I am behind this 100%'
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'Show me this will work right now or I am gone Monday.'

'I don't see any problems here'
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'I am too distracted by my next project to concentrate on this one'

Once you have found your Suits you need to start playing the part Bush has been playing the last four years. [I don't like the guy and hope he's gone soon, but he is playing the role well.] You will need to steamroller everybody. Any sign of weakness and they will all bail at once. Only two things kill a startup, Monsterously bad judgement or indecision. Hear that before? You should it's been the theme of the opposing politcal parties. Bad Judgement has been sticking on Bush because it's true. The indecision ploy hasn't been working because Kerry isn't confused. Carter was a prime example and to a lesser extent Gore. Nixon was a good example of the Bad Judgement side.

You will need to start living the Prima Donna lifestyle. This is Human nature, you must act like a Midevel Japanese Warlord at all times. The rest I am keeping quiet. Good Luck.

Re:A startup is 1st like Dating then like Politics

[infonography]

Also it's ok to be on the front lines and still be delegating to the suits the details of running the company. Put a sign on your door that says 'Unless it's a fire, go away.' Your fellow Beards will enter at will, and the drones will look at you like you were made of solid gold. That's called the Merlin Ploy. The nice thing about this is you can actually devote full time to your hacking. Have fun.