HACKER Q&A
📣 talkfi

I got 1M of downloads for my app,someone would like to be my cofounder?


Hi everybody i create an app called talkfi in my bedroom to connect people with similar interests, my app has 1M+ downloads, it sends 3M+ messages per month someone would like to be my cofounder? i accept any help, help on marketing, fundraising or a technical person

thanks for your time my contact is talkfi.inc@gmail.com


  👤 Waterluvian Accepted Answer ✓
I just skimmed the TalkFi webpage and Play Store reviews (so many of which have the same writing style and structure) and combined with this post, my “Something Ain’t Right” detector is positively screaming.

I won’t opine on what I think is going on here but… something ain’t right.


👤 mooreds
You might want to be more specific about what you are looking for.

A technical person? A business person? Someone to help raise funds? Something else?

I'd also suggest looking for someone who wants to do a small project with you around talkfi, maybe for $$, or a slim slim bit of equity. That lets you get to know a possible co-founder (like dating) before becoming true partners (like marriage).

Here's my advice for finding a technical co-founder, but you can probably flip it around if you are looking for a different type of founder: https://www.mooreds.com/wordpress/archives/3445

Also, put contact info in your account profile, otherwise it looks like you are just advertising your product or are new to HN.

Good luck!


👤 davidajackson
Well congrats. Barring any issues re: proving its your app, all users are real etc (2 big IFs!)..., then:

Are you tracking metrics? MAUs, DAUs? Anything like cohort retention (https://docs.holistics.io/docs/charts/cohort-retention)? Are you using DataDog or Amplitude? Additionally, you should post a screenshot of downloads from the Google Play store over time. It can help people here make a decision, since they can see how viral the product is or is not.

And finally, people will want to know, how much $ are you making. Will people pay for this, and WHAT are they paying for? To be connected like a dating app?

It's cool (if the users are actually real), but I feel like it doesn't have a clearly defined way of making money yet. But then again, lots of social apps don't...


👤 eevmanu
I strongly suggest you take a look at this tweet https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1620818629075021825

👤 aljgz
Hello, I'm a software engineer in Vancouver, Canada, looking for cofounder(s) and ideas. I'm working with my friend in Germany on choosing something to work on. He is more focused on marketing. Please let me know if you are interested to know each other.

👤 pavo-etc
How did you manage to get 1M+ downloads?

👤 go_discover
Hey OP, I emailed you.

👤 shyn3
Good luck!