Pick someone you have worked with before. People who specialize in deceiving others have a lot more practice than people have to detect deceivers. There are to

Pick someone you have worked with before. People who specialize in deceiving others have a lot more practice than people have to detect deceivers. There are tons of personable geeks out there who can both help build a product and sell them. Only work with people who speak your language when it comes to technology and that you've worked with before (preferably in technology projects - maybe schoolwork, or open source projects).