Making Free Online Dating Better For Everyone(Front and Back-end Devs)
This is a bit of a passion project of mine (no pun intended). There are a lot of dating websites out there and most of them are similar and run into the same problems. Looking to find a front end developer interested in creating the best online dating site in the world.<p>The goal: A free online dating site with only real people that provides a better user experience for both men and women that current alternatives.
Fundamental problem I want to solve #1: prevent women from getting inundated with sketchy messages.
Fundamental problems I want to solve #2: create a system that encourages men to send thoughtful responses, limit the spray and pray strategy of mass messaging lots of women (which causes them to leave or be inactive).
Fundamental problems I want to solve #3: Get as close to an even ratio of active male to female users as possible.
Fundamental problems I want to solve #4: Encourage people to read more profiles before knowing what the other person looks like. I want to everyone to meet more people. Sure, looks matter a lot, but if I can get people to have profile content affect who people message I'll be happy (even if it is only 30-40% of the decision instead of the 5 or 10% it is today where people find attractive people and then find things in common).<p>I have this clear vision in my head of how to solve these problems. Now I just need one or two developers to work with to get this to inception.<p>Seeking Front End Developer:
-Talented: Developer that can work with Ruby, Python and/or PHP.
-Adventurous: excited by the possibility of building something from the ground up
-Intellectually Curious: Someone who would enjoy discussing ideas and thinking about how to make dating better<p>Seeking Back-End Developer:
-Calm and thoughtful: not intimated by large data-sets.
-Considerate: Enjoys the prospect of using large amounts of data to help people fall in love by helping people more effectively discover people they should meet
-Protective: A desire to protect users from scammers and spammers, someone who would enjoy thinking about how to slow down and get rid of people who make fake profiles.
About me:
-Math major (nerdy) with a background in business development, banking and investing that worked in NYC for five years before coming to Asia. Being in NYC, I've encountered, participated in, and observed many awkward dates. Despite playing around a lot with SPSS / Clementine in an earlier life, I can't program. Need some partners to make this idea complete.
-Reasonably generous. Assuming we get along, I'm more than willing to share the pie (10%+ equity to each of the two developers). My general philosophy is if you're not worth sharing with, your not worth working with.

Right now, I have a seed investor that can help get this idea going and keep everyone fed. This might mean you have to move to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (it's an exciting developing country). Exciting and scary, I know. We'll each get a stipend that will cover living expenses (which are thankfully low). This will mean more money to get the company off the ground. Assuming it gets off the ground, I'm good at raising capital and selling so it'll get even higher. There is a chance I might return to the states, but the initial life of the company is going to be in Asia, I want to concurrently launch the site in English + Chinese + Vietnamese at the very least once public. Probably add Korean and Japanese to that list. If you are in Asia and open to coming to Vietnam, great! If you are the NYC and want to check out Asia and work at a exciting startup, that's just as cool.<p>
Please write a little bit about why you are interested in this opportunity specifically.<p>Also answer two questions:
1) Have you ever tried online dating, what did you like/dislike about it? How would you solve the problem you encountered?<p>2) What are some projects you've worked on development wise.
To inquire more/apply:
rubypythonphp@gmail.com