Our stack includes Svelte, SvelteKit, TailwindCSS, Tauri, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Swagger, Storybook, shadcn/ui-svelte, Playwright, Bun, Vite, HTML5, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Prettier, and Zod.
The entire codebase is open-source (MIT License): https://github.com/epsilon-records/epsilon.fm
Despite using co-founder matching from Y Combinator, the search has been extremely difficult. It feels like dating—a big numbers game—and I am tired of the process.
For those running successful startups, how did you find your co-founder(s)?
Side note about your spinning logo (https://github.com/epsilon-records/epsilon.fm/raw/7c15660bc1...)... The arm and head are spinning and it's weird to see that.
Maybe just the jog, like this: https://youtu.be/HO6prXhEpgQ?si=B6E9rjNBXjvpiVC0&t=15
This is unimportant for now.
Please help me understand. There was Epsilon Records, first; a record label. It uses DISCO (disco.ac, this one I knew before) for A&R (Artists & Repertoire). Then, your new project is epsilon.fm that would be some sort of open-source A&R/music management system that you developed running Epsilon Records?
Does that sum it up?
One other thing:
>Our stack includes Svelte, SvelteKit, TailwindCSS, Tauri, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Swagger, Storybook, shadcn/ui-svelte, Playwright, Bun, Vite, HTML5, Python, Rust, TypeScript, Prettier, and Zod.
Why and how did it become that?
As for your question... I worked with a few people and, over the years, you get to know them, and live through ups and downs and see how each one behaves. We know how we could complement each other. We know what each other is thinking and sometimes finish each other's sentences. We have debates that are respectful and trust one another.
I get many requests to be a co-founder at start-ups, or even large companies wanting to spin-off something, proposing financing. For the first category, it's mostly people who come in light: no technical skills as the "business guy", but I can be the "business guy" better (more connections, international and local, more deals closed, dealt with huge organizations and small teams alike, dealt with the whole pipeline). So there's nothing they can do that I can't do better, and the icing on the cake: "I'll give you 5% of the company. I'll buy the laptops out of pocket", which makes me smile.
>Despite using co-founder matching from Y Combinator, the search has been extremely difficult. It feels like dating—a big numbers game—and [...].
It is like dating, and it is like sales. Not necessarily a big numbers game, but certainly the whole lead generation, qualification, etc. It's relationship building. It's connections built out of "collisions": you bump into people and you put yourself in places where you could bump into certain people you may be more likely to build something with.
>I am tired of the process
Have you tried doing it solo without the hope of finding a co-founder? In other words, sometimes you have a much better chance finding a partner being a complete human being, than a half looking for their other half.
How much are you working on the product compared to things that could drive other metrics? How's your development going? What are you implementing and why? (I took a look at your live sessions).
