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It didn't looked that way to me. I think his advice is right on the dot if you were doing startup and finding co-founder. The best co-founder you might find is

It didn't looked that way to me. I think his advice is right on the dot if you were doing startup and finding co-founder. The best co-founder you might find is the one who multiplies your capabilities as opposed to merely adds to yours (or in worst case subtracts from yours). For example, Wozniak alone couldn't have taken Apple to where it is and same goes for Jobs. Without each other, they would be at best some "10x engineer/salesman" in some company and forgotten. It is important to find partner who fills in the gaps (and vice versa) such that entire puzzle unlocks.

navigatesol 7y ago
>It is important to find partner who fills in the gaps (and vice versa) such that entire puzzle unlocks. Yes, it is important. It is also generic Silicon Valley advice, of which there is no evidence that anyone can actually do it successfully ahead of starting a business, nor do we know how valuable it actually is. Are the SV darlings flailing because the founders were unable to "find good partners", or did the businesses suck?
- iamgopal 7y ago
  Finding good partner is as impossible as finding your passion. You may find it or you may not. I don't think there ever was how-to. Keep searching.
  - bumblebee4 7y ago
    Shouldn't this be: Keep looking? Because searching is looking for something in an algorithmic way?
GarrisonPrime 7y ago
Um... Finding someone who multiplies rather than merely adds...but then someone who fills in the gaps? Wouldn’t filling in the gaps be adding and not multiplying? Perhaps by multiplying, you mean adding the right pieces in the right way.
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volkk 7y ago
this sounds like one of those super arbitrary statements. like theoretically its correct to say "multiply" is better than "add" but in this case, it doesnt translate. i think they both added to each other is a completely reasonable statement and trying to say anything otherwise is just pointless nitpicking

navigatesol 7y ago

>It is important to find partner who fills in the gaps (and vice versa) such that entire puzzle unlocks. Yes, it is important. It is also generic Silicon Valley advice, of which there is no evidence that anyone can actually do it successfully ahead of starting a business, nor do we know how valuable it actually is. Are the SV darlings flailing because the founders were unable to "find good partners", or did the businesses suck?

iamgopal 7y ago
Finding good partner is as impossible as finding your passion. You may find it or you may not. I don't think there ever was how-to. Keep searching.
- bumblebee4 7y ago
  Shouldn't this be: Keep looking? Because searching is looking for something in an algorithmic way?

GarrisonPrime 7y ago

Um... Finding someone who multiplies rather than merely adds...but then someone who fills in the gaps? Wouldn’t filling in the gaps be adding and not multiplying? Perhaps by multiplying, you mean adding the right pieces in the right way.

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volkk 7y ago

this sounds like one of those super arbitrary statements. like theoretically its correct to say "multiply" is better than "add" but in this case, it doesnt translate. i think they both added to each other is a completely reasonable statement and trying to say anything otherwise is just pointless nitpicking