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Ask HN:I started(&sold) FounderMatchup, now looking for my next big opportunity.

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I just finished freshmen year of college. I had co-founded FounderMatchup which ran successful events in Boston and NYC to help entrepreneurs find co-founders. We got acquired a few days ago. I am either looking to start something interesting with a great team or join a growing early stage startup. A fellow hackernews friend described me as "bold and ambitious, and when you want something you go after it. You're pretty much made for marketing or founding." What are your thoughts folks? Any interesting opportunities for me or some you know of? I live in Boston but open to SF as well. My email is smit at smitpatel dot com.

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You should become really good at biology and computer science and go work for something epic like Halcyon molecular! Or Robotex!

Check out some of the founders fund companies, http://www.foundersfund.com/, a lot are doing some super cutting edge stuff (and some are doing consumer internet too)

Haha I wish. I've always hated bio. I am into technology but not bio-tech. Robots are cool but something I don't know much about.

Sounds like the world is your oyster. I'll throw my hat in. Recommend you add something about yourself to the public part of your HN profile to make it easier to gauge the fit.

Staying in college or dropping out?

Thank for the recc buddy. While I add stuff, feel free to check out my blog: smitpatel.posterous.com, twitter.com/smit1293 and my linkedin.com/in/smitkpatel. Dropping out or not is based on what happens over the summer. So far I've learnt a lot more outside school haha.

May you provide an email address?

smit at smitpatel dot com

Did you help with the M&A of FounderMatchup? What type of startups are you interested in?

I am interested in anything that solves a problem. I am mostly into consumer facing products in web and mobile. I honestly havent figured out what exact areas I like so am open to everything. I do spend a substantial amount of time on social media. Hope this answers your question? If not lets chat over email :)

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