I’m 37 years old and am determined to start a business. My entire career has been in business, and specifically B2B sales, revenue operations, client service, and engagement management, working in the engineering, manufacturing, and management consulting industry. I have grinded hard and have had success, but I want to build a business that I own.

I’m not an engineering or product guy. I can market and sell and generate revenue and build and organize a business processes and systems to scale, but I don’t have experience creating a product or service.

I’ve helped a half dozen close friends start up their business by setting up the sales and marketing operations and business systems. These friends had partners or were more business oriented themselves, so it was not the ideal partnership.

I feel I would be successful partnering with someone who is technical, who is great at building a product, and has a desire to work for themselves.

Where do I find or network with these individuals?

I would like to understand how to meet other people who maybe are very technical, but aren’t business or sales savvy, or feel they would be more successful partnering with someone who is.

Where do you recommend I start?