I didn't have my shit together, so it's perfectly understandable why. No team (just had my 2nd Co-Founder jump ship due to commitment issues, now it's just me again), no prototype.
Now I'm going to ask for financial support from relatives. Pay for hosting, contract work to freelancers.
I need a developer Co-Founder, and a designer Co-Founder. Feel free to contact me if interested. lord_nolan at about.me
And by "Co-Founder", I mean fully-committed for equity. I don't have money, and I do receive some, it won't be very much. Money is for contractors and freelancers. and hosting, legal fees, etc.
This is all good stuff. I'm pretty active in Co-Founder recruiting. When I apply to incubators, I still list out the portfolios of all the people that I've talked to, so that they are aware of who I'd like to get aboard. The main problem is not having any money to hire them. I've had a few that are willing to do sweat equity, but they have their hands tied with other commitments (work, school) and projects. When I go to meetups and hackathons, the first thing people ask me when I say that I need a Co-Founder is "Do you have any money?". Granted, I wouldn't want to work with the type of folks that say anyway, but seed capital will help me pluck talent away from cubicles or have a 3rd-party get a MVP made. I need a developer and a designer. I want to split the equity 3-ways evenly among us.
You also have to raise the bar of what you're looking for by learning to code yourself. Codecademy is great, because everyone on a startup needs to be technical to some extent, at least early on. You need to be able to collaborate shoulder to shoulder.
lord_nolan at about dot me
Let's talk.