Want to take over my startup?

33 pointsjhubert13y ago8 comments

I have two side projects that I believe are both viable businesses, but I just don't have the capacity to run them both and continue building the enterprise software company that I founded last year.

I'm looking for someone, or a team, that is interested in taking over either of the projects. I can provide the existing technology, advice and put together transfer paperwork. I expect to maintain a portion of ownership, but am pretty flexible on everything else.

If you're interested, here are the two companies. They are both built on top of the latest Ruby on Rails and have extremely low operating costs. They have both made more money than I have spent on them.

SupporterWall.com - A web based fundraising tool that I launched two years ago. It has about 150 active walls and paying customers, but so much more potential.

OnceOvers.com - An advice service where you can have an expert review your work in a video / screencast. The experts set their price and provide the service.. the technology just powers the ordering and the delivery of the videos.

If you're interested in starting a conversation about either idea, you can find me here: http://about.me/jbaker

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jhubertOP13y ago

Of course, I realize that by telling people to contact me on about.me there is very little chance that a discussion will happen on Hacker News and this post will probably end up buried. :|

soneca13y ago

I loved SupporterWall service. I can't take it, as I am busy right now. But that one definetly has a market (i have been working in the non-profit sector for about 6 years now...)

rs09soccer13y ago

Would you be open to giving an opportunity to a south american entrepreneur? We have a small team and would love to expand the concept into the latam market. Could we talk?

onlyup13y ago

I'll take the code for SupporterWall.com if you'll give it to me. I'd rather take the idea somewhere else rather than charity/donations.

jhubertOP13y ago

I'm not really talking about just handing out the code... although I suppose it could just be open sourced. That being said, I'm not opposed to the company being taken in a different direction.

Element_13y ago

Suporterwall seems like a great tool. How many paying customers out of the 150 active accounts? How many of those are repeat customers?

benjamincburns13y ago

Did you need to resolve any issues with SupporterWall being a third party payment aggregator?

tgalvin13y ago

I can't say I've ever seen a situation like this before. Cheers to you, jhubert.

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Want to take over my startup?

33 pointsjhubert13y ago8 comments

I have two side projects that I believe are both viable businesses, but I just don't have the capacity to run them both and continue building the enterprise software company that I founded last year.

SupporterWall.com - A web based fundraising tool that I launched two years ago. It has about 150 active walls and paying customers, but so much more potential.

If you're interested in starting a conversation about either idea, you can find me here: http://about.me/jbaker

8 comments

jhubertOP13y ago

Of course, I realize that by telling people to contact me on about.me there is very little chance that a discussion will happen on Hacker News and this post will probably end up buried. :|

soneca13y ago

I loved SupporterWall service. I can't take it, as I am busy right now. But that one definetly has a market (i have been working in the non-profit sector for about 6 years now...)

rs09soccer13y ago

Would you be open to giving an opportunity to a south american entrepreneur? We have a small team and would love to expand the concept into the latam market. Could we talk?

onlyup13y ago

I'll take the code for SupporterWall.com if you'll give it to me. I'd rather take the idea somewhere else rather than charity/donations.

jhubertOP13y ago

I'm not really talking about just handing out the code... although I suppose it could just be open sourced. That being said, I'm not opposed to the company being taken in a different direction.

Element_13y ago

Suporterwall seems like a great tool. How many paying customers out of the 150 active accounts? How many of those are repeat customers?

benjamincburns13y ago

Did you need to resolve any issues with SupporterWall being a third party payment aggregator?

tgalvin13y ago

I can't say I've ever seen a situation like this before. Cheers to you, jhubert.

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