Wanted: Adventure &/or Social Change-Seeking Web app & Mobil app developers/cofounders & Tech Advisor
For unusual web app startup with huge social value and financial potential, and also for fun mobile apps. MISSION: The web app is a conceptual advance in using the Internet to help couples to save and/or revitalize their marriages/relationships. SOCIAL CHANGE ANGLE: If you are someone who’s madder than hell and won’t take it any longer, who’s upset enough about what is happening to America or the planet to devote a sizeable chunk of your time and talents to do something about it, without risking many months of your time, and with huge potential social and financial upsides please read on. Founder (moi) wants to donate most of my own profits to urgent and important causes that hopefully you love, plus the one that is top on your list. ADVENTURE ANGLE: The founder/CEO (moi) plans to leave soon for Colombia and VZ for 1-2 mo, so this is also an opportunity, if you are free to travel, for some glorious adventure and fun in some gorgeous places on the planet. So the journey will at least be worth it. TITLES: open to your having almost whatever title you want if you finish the beta, and even being the co-CEO. The tech advisor is just a 1-2hr/wk thing, to ensure we choose the right engineers, get the code drops every week or more often, make whatever suggestions you wish (can also be a CTO position if willing to put in more time). FINANCIAL Potential: $5-10mm/mo. which i hopefully can prove. (See chances of success note below) WHAT WE HAVE: • Blue Ocean market, huge potential untapped demand (35MM unhappy couples, most willing to pay $5/wk for what we offer) • BP was a finalist in a top Univ Biz school competion and semi finalist in the Stanford social venture competitions; • Impressive 3 person team (founder is successful PhD psychologist successful prior entrepreneur in TV documentaries, and alternative schools) , most of the wireframes as well as detailed PRD done; • Clever marketing and viral marketing strategies • Well received alpha (unfortunately in asp), and more. [Yes, i know you are thinking only 1 in a 100 startups succeed, but I believe with all we have going (rare combination among startups) our odds are at least 50:50. And if not a financial home run, this will at least save thousands of marriages/committed relationships, which on your deathbed you will fee much better about than how much money you made!.] REQUIREMENTS (will send detailed list when we hear from you) mid to senior level web app developer (PT OK) at least one impressive web app to show (not just screen shots) passionate for our mission. Prefer someone who can work fulltime for 2-3 months (ie just retired or laid off) otherwise half time could work if we find other PT talent. Plus if you've gone through a tough divorce, or otherwise been deeply affected by one. COMPENSATION: $10k left of my savings (many angels waiting to see the beta) , working hard to raise $10k more, plus can put $10k lien on house, plus of course generous equity (like willing to offer up to 7 points less than what I end up getting), and the same as me if also committed like me to fund and/or invest in urgent important social change causes with profits. Since this is way less than your lowest rates, consider the adventure travel option, traveling with me to help me find the right talent, maybe recent grad from top CS school in Colombia or VZ. $15k would be enough for their rates. Also willing to give first $20k of gross profits from mobile apps to the web app developer. (I am the national domain expert for the proposed mobile app) TO APPLY Write me at g...@ourcouplespace.com with short cover letter to give me sense of what you think of the mission. I will then send detailed backgrounders on us. Be sure in sub box to put: Developer or Tech Advisor /[how you heard of this] [where you live] BE SURE: TO put city and phone contact info in your signature as well -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
