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How to Choose the Right Co-Founders for Your Startup

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23 points by natarius4k 11 years ago · 9 comments

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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

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_Seeing 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.

by_Seeing 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.

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 ;(

bl4ckm0r3 11 years ago

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

pstehlik 11 years ago

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

stujo 11 years ago

Great info!

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