Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder?

Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder? by benjismith on Sunday June 28, 2015 @10:35PM (#9796130)

I'm the founder of Shaxpir, a word-processor in the cloud for fiction authors. I have a software engineering background, so I build the MVP myself. After two years of prototyping, I just launched the beta 2 months ago, and by now there are about 100 people using the beta. It's a desktop app built with web technologies (like Slack or Atom) and a Java backend on AWS with Elasticsearch.

Anyhow, I'm getting ready to start raising money in a few months, after the beta ends and we launch the product publicly. I've already recruited two co-founders, but I'm looking for a VP of Engineering. I'm based in Portland, OR, so somebody in the PNW would be ideal.

Here's a teaser video introducing the product:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFG8fpYkDxA

And the product website is here:

http://www.shaxpir.com

You can email at [email protected] if you're interested.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder? by nrs26 on Sunday June 28, 2015 @10:39PM (#9796138)

That is very cool. Congrats on a great project - it looks awesome.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder? by quadrature on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:34AM (#9796425)

That is incredibly cool and great product video too.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder? by lexap on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:49AM (#9796463)

Cool product, but how big is the market?

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Re:Ask HN: Who's looking for a cofounder? by benjismith on Monday June 29, 2015 @11:51AM (#9798833)

Have you ever read a book? Seen a movie? Bought a comic book?

It's a big market.

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