I want to take information trading (e.g. CFD and betting exchanges, think tradesports/ cityindex/ betfair/ etc.) to the next level beyond its current primitive incarnations. Not sure yet whether the product should be targeted at professionals, consumers, institutions, or a combination of them.
Have done the startup thing before in the founder and CTO role (several rounds of funding then sold to a competitor). Therefore I have already made many of the usual first-time mistakes (e.g. taking co-founders' top education as a guarantee for startup skills, not firing people quickly enough, etc.) and can avoid them this time around =) My academic background is in economics (PhD thesis "almost" completed) and law, with strong CS and math skills.
What I can do: technology, legal, negotiation, strategy, foreign markets, know how to get funding
Quirks to be aware of: do not believe in decision by consensus, follow libertarian ideals, unable to work effectively with mediocre people (with the realization this would often be useful)
Your qualities:
- integrity, perseverance, gets stuff done, can sleep well while taking risks
- some of the following skills: finance, PR, hiring, business development, design, technology; industry experience in gambling/betting or financial trading would also be beneficial
I believe I can handle technology and organization management pretty well, therefore I am mostly looking for someone who likes handling external relations and is also a people person (i.e. can focus on keeping everyone happy inside the company). This is not written in stone however.
Technologies:
- backend: FP (ML variants, Erlang) with some C++, message-passing concurrency, PostgreSQL, cluster protocols, looking into stream processing; all on Unix like systems
- frontend:
(1) web: html+comet/ajax, flash
(2) client: C#+WinForms prototype, maybe ML+SDL/OpenGL later if that makes correctness easier to achieve
(3?) mobile: J2ME?
Location: UK or Gibraltar ideal for a number of reasons but open to locating the business somewhere else if for good reasons
Funding: self-funded for now, the plan is to do a single round in the GBP 500k-1m range with private investors at (hopefully) a ~5m valuation; revenue should sustain growth from there; ideally I would like to make a trade sale within a 3-5 yrs time span.
I want to take information trading (e.g. CFD and betting exchanges, think tradesports/ cityindex/ betfair/ etc.) to the next level beyond its current primitive incarnations. Not sure yet whether the product should be targeted at professionals, consumers, institutions, or a combination of them.
Have done the startup thing before in the founder and CTO role (several rounds of funding then sold to a competitor). Therefore I have already made many of the usual first-time mistakes (e.g. taking co-founders' top education as a guarantee for startup skills, not firing people quickly enough, etc.) and can avoid them this time around =) My academic background is in economics (PhD thesis "almost" completed) and law, with strong CS and math skills.
What I can do: technology, legal, negotiation, strategy, foreign markets, know how to get funding
Quirks to be aware of: do not believe in decision by consensus, follow libertarian ideals, unable to work effectively with mediocre people (with the realization this would often be useful)
Your qualities:
- integrity, perseverance, gets stuff done, can sleep well while taking risks
- some of the following skills: finance, PR, hiring, business development, design, technology; industry experience in gambling/betting or financial trading would also be beneficial
I believe I can handle technology and organization management pretty well, therefore I am mostly looking for someone who likes handling external relations and is also a people person (i.e. can focus on keeping everyone happy inside the company). This is not written in stone however.
Technologies:
- backend: FP (ML variants, Erlang) with some C++, message-passing concurrency, PostgreSQL, cluster protocols, looking into stream processing; all on Unix like systems
- frontend:
(1) web: html+comet/ajax, flash
(2) client: C#+WinForms prototype, maybe ML+SDL/OpenGL later if that makes correctness easier to achieve
(3?) mobile: J2ME?
Location: UK or Gibraltar ideal for a number of reasons but open to locating the business somewhere else if for good reasons
Funding: self-funded for now, the plan is to do a single round in the GBP 500k-1m range with private investors at (hopefully) a ~5m valuation; revenue should sustain growth from there; ideally I would like to make a trade sale within a 3-5 yrs time span.
Contact me at ffmmuu(at)gmail.com to discuss!