Former OFW at pre-ideation startup, looking for a business development co-founder
I'm a former OFW. I know what it's like to want to build something of your own and end up working abroad instead, far from the people you love.
I've spent 40 years in the software industry across the Philippines, Singapore and the US, currently an agile project manager in Metro Manila. What keeps bugging me is this: plenty of Filipinos have the aptitude to build businesses, but far fewer have the knowledge or the confidence to start. I think that gap is solvable, and I think part of the solution is software.
Being upfront about where this is: pre-ideation. Deliberately. I don't have a spec and I don't want to hand anyone one. I want a co-founder who helps decide what we're even building — customer interviews, problem validation, killing bad ideas with me before we develop the final product.
The honest terms:
- Part-time, remote, roughly 15 hours a week
- Bootstrapped with minimal funds. Sweat equity until PMF — meaningful double-digit equity, split negotiated once we agree on scope, standard vesting
- Software-as-a-Service tech company
Who I'm hoping to find: someone highly ethical, who genuinely wants to be a founder, gets energy from customer problems, thinks critically, and is excited by new tech but pragmatic enough to using a low-tech tool when it's the right one.
If this resonates, drop a comment or DM me with one thing: what problems should we solve to equip Filipino entrepreneurs with the right support? That tells me more than a CV.
Happy to answer questions in the comments too, including skeptical ones.