Building your team

What happens when you have a great idea, but no one to help develop your concept?  Well statistics show that the average person will let the idea die or eliminate the possibility of success in their minds.  How do you find a team to help develop and grow your dream?  Where are all of the other go getters hiding? 

Well I don’t have all of the answers, but in recent weeks I found a few options that have brought me a little closer to accomplishing my goal of creating an application that could revolutionize communication as we know it.  It started with an idea.  Then I looked online for the answers.  I found quickly that no incubator or investor wants to work with a sole proprietor, because there is no team unit established.  A team can be cultivated together, but a sole proprietor needs a team built, which in itself is a challenge.  After facing the hard reality that I needed a team, I did what most people do I tried to think of people I know.  I thought I had the perfect person to join my team as a cofounder, but I quickly found that this person had no follow through.

The question at this point became what should I do next? Where do you find people that are interested in developing a new business?  Well, after finding an incubator program I admired, I found a company called the CoFounder’s Lab.  This website is filled with doers.  People signed up on this website are looking to join a start up, looking for someone to join their start up or open to collaboration.  I met a potential cofounder for my project and we have been collaborating on our projects for the past few week.  This was the best initial option for starting our team.  What obstacles have you faced?  Do you know of any other websites that connect business people?  Are you interested in collaborating?  I hope you are enjoying this journey.  I look forward to your thoughts.