How to Choose the Right Co-Founders for Your Startup

https://medium.com/@matthiaswagner/startups-do-to-co-founder-relationships-what-puppies-do-to-socks-they-try-to-pull-them-apart-3be2e6dd07ef

by natarius4k • 11 years ago

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rock_hard• 11 years ago

Spot on. Wish somebody would have told me this when I started out.

Though I probably wouldn't haven listen ;(

pstehlik• 11 years ago

Great advice! Read this if you are thinking about starting a company.

by_Seeing2• 11 years ago

Seems like good information, but pretty straight forward. On the other hand, I guess it's good to be reminded of that sort of thing.

gon• 11 years ago

One of the things I notice when looking at great founding teams is the ability for them to grow and learn quickly. I bet that's @natarius4k's point with flexibility. You can't possibly find someone with all these qualities but you can certainly compromise if you can attest your cofounder is learning and improving every day on the weaker soft skill(s).

dlu• 11 years ago

Yeah, you're never going to find the "perfect" set of skills all wrapped into one person. Even if you could find someone with all the right skills for right now, they're gonna need to grow and evolve

bl4ckm0r3• 11 years ago

Finding a good cofounder it's harder than finding a wife/husband.

dmadray• 11 years ago

Great advice. I especially like the bit about look at their savings. All that said, finding a co-founder is next to impossible. I just straight up gave up on that and focus on product.

by_Seeing2• 11 years ago

Actually – good point: it's next to impossible. Where in SF should you look for a cofounder? A friend of mine said only look at folks you've worked with before.

stujo• 11 years ago

Great info!

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