I'm guessing you've looked into http://www.telescopeapp.org/ ?
If not, I'd really recommend you do so and also learn some Meteor.js. It's great for beginners.
If not, I'd really recommend you do so and also learn some Meteor.js. It's great for beginners.
I say this with experience having worked with Meteor for the past year and also some playing around with Telescope. It is worth checking out especially since it caters to a person like parent of my comment.
Setting up a customizable ProductHunt style website without much effort/coding can be a good start till you get more proficient with code or find a technical co-founder.
Just a slightly less ambivalent formulation of "a pretty good way to do X".