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How did you meet your cofounder?
- sharpshoot 20y agoTried a project with one and saw we worked great together. Anyone you are not sure of, try working with them on something and see what happens. If you are still not sure you haven't lost out. Plus, working on stuff is quite fun. You really need to test all aspects of the relationship with cofounders. So deliberately acting angry to see what they do or needing help and seeing how they respond are examples. Spark is one thing you notice if things work out. Good luck!
- dhouston 20y agoOne at startup school '05; one was a friend of a friend I met at MIT (who then co-founded a YC-funded company.)
- nostrademons 20y agoLived across the hall from him in college, sophomore year.
- jmw 20y agoHardest programming class I could take during undergrad. Spent weeks worth of sleepless nights hacking in a lounge working on a final projects. I dropped out first, started a company, then came back just in time for him to drop out and start the company we're currently working on.
- ced 20y agoWhat class would that be?
- Sam_Odio 20y agoAdvertised for one on campus - used facebook and posted flyers all over the CS dept. Got 15 interested guys, picked two and spent the summer with them hacking on a project. We lived and worked in a tiny apartment, all sleeping in the same room. Best summer of my life.
- sbraford 20y agoAll sleeping in the same room? Wow. That's "hardcore".
- Sam_Odio 20y agoYup, well there were two bedrooms, and our servers got the larger. The room we slept in could barely fit a bunk bed and twin bed (which is what we did). Regardless, we had such different schedules, it didn't really matter. Usually when one person was asleep - the other two would be working.
- sbraford 20y agoHow did it work out? Can you share any links?
- gyro_robo 20y agoI just realized why so many start-ups are in the Bay Area... I'm looking at you, San Francisco.
- madanella 20y agoI met one in the post office by overhearing his conversation and recognizing a fit. Another I met through linkedin by searching for a specific skillset and a third I met by asking a friend if he knew any good matches for my project.
- pg 20y agoHe was an undergrad at the university where I went to grad school. Though he's only 1 year younger, there was a 2 year overlap because he got kicked out of college for a year for not doing his classwork.
- yaacovtp 20y agoDinner party at a friend's apt.
- aaroniba 20y agoHigh school math team.
- vlad 20y agoWow. I first read that as "high school math exam."
- andre 20y agoStill looking for the cofounder..
- litepost 20y agoWhat are you building?
- danielha 20y agoIn 7th grade Algebra class.
- litepost 20y agoI am actively looking for YC cofounders. Seriously, please contact me if you are interested (in our project, what we're doing, etc): nathanatlitepostdotcom [I should clarify: by "YC cofounders" I do NOT mean co-founders to apply with me to YC. I want "YC people": cofounders who are otherwise involved, inspired by or motivated by YC.]
- rwalker 20y agohe hired me for my first job
- russ 20y agoOur university's ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition Team
- danw 20y agoGot drunk in the same pub on our first day of university
- dawie 20y agoI haven't, yet...
- jamiequint 20y agoFacebook, talking about a Facebook API Ruby adapter
- martijnengler 20y agoI know him since we were about 4 years old. ;)