Yeah - I considered this. There were probably 10% of people I could tell that wouldn't lead anywhere.
Some of it was trying to not allow my own biases to cloud things. Some of it was hoping to offer a hand up to others who may not get as much attention. Some of it was wanting to just run an experiment and see what happened.
I think the best method is finding a good community to start from. As I alluded to, YC matching has not done this for me.
The other thing is to pay attention to why you didn't like a given cofounder/idea. I identified a handful of industries that just were not for me (hadn't realized this consciously previously)
Some of it was trying to not allow my own biases to cloud things. Some of it was hoping to offer a hand up to others who may not get as much attention. Some of it was wanting to just run an experiment and see what happened.
I think the best method is finding a good community to start from. As I alluded to, YC matching has not done this for me.
The other thing is to pay attention to why you didn't like a given cofounder/idea. I identified a handful of industries that just were not for me (hadn't realized this consciously previously)