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How To Find A Technical Cofounder For Your Online Business Idea

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Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. It’s simply an untenable situation to expect the technical co-founder to assume the full burden of risk through sweat equity. An NDA – This isn’t a deal-breaker for everyone, but it can be for me, depending on how it’s structured. Rework it as necessary.

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Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders

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Don’t Even Ask for an NDA This just makes me laugh. UPDATE: It is of course perfectly reasonable to ask for an NDA before giving away the super secret sauce. As a corollary, cold call a VC and try and get them to sign an NDA before your first meeting. It means there actually might be a market for your idea.