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How to pick a co-founder

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SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. One founder companies can work, against the odds (hello, Mark Zuckerberg).

Cofounder 101
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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

These periods of time can leave a founder very vulnerable in the future. These same people will join you and your one other co-founder (maximum) 6 months later when you’ve established the company, done your Powerpoint deck, built a prototype or product and started fund raising discussions. Get customer input.

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The Equity Equation

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They don’t even try to get market price for their investment; they limit their holdings to leave the founders enough stock to feel the company is still theirs.” The top firms are mainly in the business of making money for their limited partners by picking the startups that are going to succeed with or without their value add.

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