Although I fully recommend learning a bit of programming, it sounds that it's not fastest way for you to build quality service.
I think you have pretty good changes to find an okay programmer, if
a) you can bring more than just the idea to the table. There are tons of people with "ideas", but if you have something else in addition: existing customer contacts, excellent graphic design skills or proven sales or marketing skills, you are bringing something valuable to the table.
b) you are able to reduce the scope of the initial product enough so that it can be done in a few weekends. Skilled guys already have their projects. If your initial project is small enough, you have much higher changes to get someone good as your partner.
c) you pay something upfront. It doesn't have to be market-level price, even a small amount is good if you are also sharing revenues with your partner. It just shows that you are committed.
The hard part is spotting a good enough programmer, otherwise you end up with someone that is just building crap. And this is the area where learning a bit of programming and hanging around on programmer forums can help a lot.
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Although I fully recommend learning a bit of programming, it sounds that it's not fastest way for you to build quality service.
I think you have pretty good changes to find an okay programmer, if
a) you can bring more than just the idea to the table. There are tons of people with "ideas", but if you have something else in addition: existing customer contacts, excellent graphic design skills or proven sales or marketing skills, you are bringing something valuable to the table.
b) you are able to reduce the scope of the initial product enough so that it can be done in a few weekends. Skilled guys already have their projects. If your initial project is small enough, you have much higher changes to get someone good as your partner.
c) you pay something upfront. It doesn't have to be market-level price, even a small amount is good if you are also sharing revenues with your partner. It just shows that you are committed.
The hard part is spotting a good enough programmer, otherwise you end up with someone that is just building crap. And this is the area where learning a bit of programming and hanging around on programmer forums can help a lot.