Ask HN: How do you find/meet tech co-founders outside of the hotspots?

by wfjackson3 on 7/13/2010, 4:54 PM with 0 comments

Obviously, this question would be a lot different if I were in SFBA or elsewhere, but I am in the heartland. I am not a former CS (studied hardware, EE) student, so my college network has limited usefulness. I live in a city with a population well over 1 million people, but no observable tech community. I have started joining some meetup groups for Ruby, etc, but haven't had any meetings yet. I went to local Inventors club meetings, etc, but it was nothing but a bunch of rapid prototypers and service people trying to sell you something.

So, I am looking for recommendations. It is not like I am trying to hire someone tomorrow. If things move along well, I will be looking in 3-6 months. In that timeframe I am hacking something together with my business partner so we can demonstrate traction. I want to start meeting people now so I have time to get to know people and bring in the right person that fits in with us.

Thanks for any good pointers.

  • by stiggz on 7/14/2010, 3:37 PM

    Start a tech blog with your city heavily loaded in the keywords, then start blogging about your traction, start firing on all cylinders, and smart people will get interested.. Link onto HN with your city name as part of the title on every blog post. Host a forum on your site for local developers to share connections.. If something doesn't exist, programmers are in the unique position to create it.