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Thanks to Jason and Welcome TWiSt Fans
Posted on | August 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Today I was on This Week In Startups with a question for Ask Jason and he gave me some good advice about how to proceed with GeekStack as a business.
For those new to GeekStack, my background is that I’m a part-time solo founder with a wife, kids, a mortgage and a job. Basically the opposite of the prototypical startup founder, and I asked him what I could do given my situation. His main advice for me was to find a cofounder and possibly an investor who understands what effect my life would have on the burn rate.
Then he worked the Calacanis magic and had everyone listening tweet something along the lines of “@geekstack is looking for a cofounder with design and art skills for a trading card game startup”. I got lots of tweets and that was from the 300 or so people watching live. Hopefully lots more people will see it and get in touch once the episode is available for download.
Which brings me to the point: While I feel like I’ve got a good shot at being successful on my own, having a cofounder to share the work with and complement my strengths would improve my chance of success and time to market. I’d also be open to an accomodating investor. Specifically, if you’re:
- interested in joining a startup
- passionate about games and education
- ***have graphic design and art skills*** (this is my biggest need)
- willing to invest in me and my idea
Then please email me at peter@geekstack.com. I’ll try to get in touch with you as quickly as I can, and hopefully we can make something awesome together!
DESIGNERS:
See also the next post about the contest to design the first GeekStack card! It’s a small prize ($100) but I’m going to need 200-300 more pieces of card art over the next 6-9 months so take a look!
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August 18th, 2009 @ 8:21 am
Hi Peter,
I wanted to leave a quick comment to say I love the idea “Sounds wishy-washy and goody-two-shoesy” not at all. I share you point of view of using tech to improve our lives and the world we live in. I beleave in open platforms and I thinnk what your doing is a great mind set for the next generation. I just wanted to show my support, I run a small gaming comunity if theres anything we can do please let me know, unfortunatly all my own free time is consumed by my own project so I’m sorry I cannot be of assistance with your design contest. Wishing you the best of luck with your project. Regards ClanSiteUs