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As someone who is the "technical" co-founder of a two person founding team, I have a hard time imagine being matched with someone. My co-founder and I worked to
by wjossey 8y ago
As someone who is the "technical" co-founder of a two person founding team, I have a hard time imagine being matched with someone. My co-founder and I worked together for 7 years prior to starting our business, and the dividends from those shared experiences has paid out in our ability to not have to deal with so many issues.
As an example, my co-founder is technical, but he's the CEO and is primarily focused on sales & managing our investors. I've written every line of code of our platform since day 0. We've had tons of situations over the last 18 months, since we started this company in earnest, where we've fought and disagreed in significant ways. However, the reps we've built up in communicating with one another have allowed us to move past these issues, without sacrificing the necessary dialogue, but also not harboring resentment or frustration with one another. Starting a company is so frustrating and difficult, I have a hard time imagining a scenario where I could have done it without deeply trusting my co-founder.
All that being said, everyone is unique. You may find you're more than happy to be a technical co-founder with a stranger. But, my primary recommendation would be to find someone in your circle that you trust that you'd want to work with every day for the next decade (which probably isn't too many people).
Wish you all the best!