Finding A Partner
The most important thing to remember when selecting a partner to work with is finding someone who shares similar expectations. Having one person that wants to invest time and energy to develop a quality website and another who wants to make a quick buck is not a good match. Also, when selecting your partner, try to find someone with qualities that compliment your own. Having like minded individuals working together can minimize conflicts, but at the same time, it can also hinder creativity.
When you run your ideas by potential partners, don’t be so worried about them taking your idea and doing it on their own. It’s one thing to have a good idea and another to do something with it. Seeing an idea through to its completion successfully requires a lot of effort, and this becomes increasingly difficult as you encounter obstacles.
As soon as I got out of class I had this burning desire to share my idea with someone…but whom? The first person that came to mind was Eugene Gimelberg, a long-time friend that I lost touch with since we graduated from high school about 5 years prior. I knew that he graduated with a degree in Computer Science but I had no idea what he was doing.
So I called him up just as he was leaving work and I ran my idea by him. I explained what I wanted to do and asked him if he would be interested in working with me. He expressed interest right from the start – noting that he could handle the technology aspect, but obtaining the necessary information on women would be impossible. I told him that I would think it over a little more and would get back to him with some more ideas.
After speaking to Eugene I was a little discouraged because he shot holes
through my idea – but he had an excellent point. I spent the next couple
of weeks rethinking the idea and decided to approach Eugene once again with
a new concept.