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The primary problem of finding cofounders isn't seeding out the bad ones, it's even knowing someone you might want to found a company with. According to the po
by mixmax 17y ago
The primary problem of finding cofounders isn't seeding out the bad ones, it's even knowing someone you might want to found a company with.
According to the post your cofounder should be someone of roughly the same age and financial standing that you have a history with, have aligned motives with, has incredibly intelligence, energy and integrity. Oh, and it has to be someone that respects you and that you respect as well.
Personally I don't know anyone that lives up to all of these criteria, and I doubt that most people do.
- ApolloRising 17y agoI know that finding the above is something very hard. I was lucky enough to find just such a person a while ago by chance. We hit it off pretty well even though I am a product/systems guy and he is a programmer. I actually decided not to apply to this years YC because I am waiting for him to finish his masters in cs and I would rather try it next summer with him than find someone else I trusted less. We even have a third person that we both feel the same about as well and want him in it with us too. Might sound a bit cliche, but I pretty much know that we can put together the right team in short order. It is a different feeling when you just KNOW the people have your back. Be open to it and network, you never know. I was not actively looking and it just happened.