1. Honesty / integrity / transparency 2. Grit / persistence 3. Openness to feedback / help / learning / collaboration 4. Ability to adapt to changing circumstan

1. Honesty / integrity / transparency 2. Grit / persistence 3. Openness to feedback / help / learning / collaboration 4. Ability to adapt to changing circumstances 5. Communicates effectively - listens, conveys ideas well in writing and when speaking 6. Kindness / empathy / reasonable expectations about projects / companies / start ups, customers, you, themselves, etc. 7. Reliability 8. Complements your weaknesses and key strengths. Is valuable to the business you're trying to build together at an early stage. Knows the space, how to build companies, how to code, design, sell, something valuable early - or, they can learn fast.