So, my co-founder and I met during our studies in Singapore but we met at least in part because of Hacker News.
Before moving to Singapore I updated my profile on HN saying that I would move there. A few weeks after I had arrived in Singapore I got an email from Ata asking if I was interested to meet up. And that is when the "mating dance" began ;-)
Over a period of six months we started exchanging ideas and building trust. We brainstormed a little each time we met and after about five months I told Ata about this idea, my nugget, that I had been thinking about for 8 months then. I didn't hear from Ata for about two weeks after that meeting and started to worry a little. But two weeks later I had an email from him in my Inbox which contained the URL to a prototype. That sealed the deal between us. A few weeks later, we signed a declaration of intent, and we have been moving forward full throttle since then.
So far the collaboration hasn't always been easy - we are still getting to know each other and working from two different locations doesn't make that easier - but we have found ways to get things done. Starting up with a friend might be easier because you know each other very well but I found a new friend and our relationship isn't loaded with baggage from earlier.
Before moving to Singapore I updated my profile on HN saying that I would move there. A few weeks after I had arrived in Singapore I got an email from Ata asking if I was interested to meet up. And that is when the "mating dance" began ;-)
Over a period of six months we started exchanging ideas and building trust. We brainstormed a little each time we met and after about five months I told Ata about this idea, my nugget, that I had been thinking about for 8 months then. I didn't hear from Ata for about two weeks after that meeting and started to worry a little. But two weeks later I had an email from him in my Inbox which contained the URL to a prototype. That sealed the deal between us. A few weeks later, we signed a declaration of intent, and we have been moving forward full throttle since then.
So far the collaboration hasn't always been easy - we are still getting to know each other and working from two different locations doesn't make that easier - but we have found ways to get things done. Starting up with a friend might be easier because you know each other very well but I found a new friend and our relationship isn't loaded with baggage from earlier.