This is awesome. I've appreciated your recent posts, Bill. One recently inspired me to try to create a site using AI.
I wonder what you think about this idea.
I'm gathering interest for a 100% free tool called MakerMatch.
"Find Your Perfect Bootstrapped Business Partner: Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs who'd rather build profitable, sustainable, enjoyable businesses. No VC funding or large teams."
Like OkCupid for bootstrapped business partner matching.
Want to see what I have so far?
I was impressed that AI made most of this page within minutes.
P.S. I'm building it because Y Combinator Co‑Founder Matching connected me to super impressive people, but none of them wanted to build a bootstrapped, sustainable, profitable business. They all wanted to take investors and aim for unicorn status. That's not my dream. My bet is that many other entrepreneurs would prefer to find a bootstrapping-minded partner too.
Thanks for reading and the comment. I had a similar experience on YC cofounder matching so I agree there's a market gap. The question is how big is the market? Even though I tried YC cofounder matching, there was a bit of hesitancy on working with random people on the internet. I also think there's some existing attempts at this market like Indie Hackers had some sort of forum for finding a partner. But, maybe the right angle or right positioning and it can work. In any case, certainly using AI to move faster enables more "shots on goals" in terms of trying out ideas.
Yep, Indie Hackers has a Looking to Partner Up section of posts. It's super basic. I don't know how many people will be interested in a more sophisticated approach, but yeah, you're right about "shots on goal". I figure it was worth creating and landing page and spending a day sending out messages about it to see whether there's interest. So far, not a lot, but we're less than 24 hours in.
This is awesome. I've appreciated your recent posts, Bill. One recently inspired me to try to create a site using AI.
I wonder what you think about this idea.
I'm gathering interest for a 100% free tool called MakerMatch.
"Find Your Perfect Bootstrapped Business Partner: Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs who'd rather build profitable, sustainable, enjoyable businesses. No VC funding or large teams."
Like OkCupid for bootstrapped business partner matching.
Want to see what I have so far?
I was impressed that AI made most of this page within minutes.
https://makermatchapp.vercel.app
P.S. I'm building it because Y Combinator Co‑Founder Matching connected me to super impressive people, but none of them wanted to build a bootstrapped, sustainable, profitable business. They all wanted to take investors and aim for unicorn status. That's not my dream. My bet is that many other entrepreneurs would prefer to find a bootstrapping-minded partner too.
Thanks for reading and the comment. I had a similar experience on YC cofounder matching so I agree there's a market gap. The question is how big is the market? Even though I tried YC cofounder matching, there was a bit of hesitancy on working with random people on the internet. I also think there's some existing attempts at this market like Indie Hackers had some sort of forum for finding a partner. But, maybe the right angle or right positioning and it can work. In any case, certainly using AI to move faster enables more "shots on goals" in terms of trying out ideas.
Yep, Indie Hackers has a Looking to Partner Up section of posts. It's super basic. I don't know how many people will be interested in a more sophisticated approach, but yeah, you're right about "shots on goal". I figure it was worth creating and landing page and spending a day sending out messages about it to see whether there's interest. So far, not a lot, but we're less than 24 hours in.