The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. It’s most comfortable to hang out with people like ourselves, but those are exactly the folks you probably don’t want to co-found a startup with. Finding Your Co-Founders [.] MORE
This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. First you have to be clear on who you are, and who you can co-exist with, what complementary skills and resources you need, and what decisions in the business you are willing to relegate. Most startups can’t afford that. MORE
Conventional wisdom says that startups should have two or three founders. Some investors won’t even invest in single founders at all–so understandably for entrepreneurs this is a big issue. Most “business-focused” single founders are told right from the get go that they need to find a technical co-founder. Of the investments I’ve made to-date, six have 2 founders, one has 3 founders, and three have 1 founder. MORE
What''s worse than starting a business without a co-founder? Try starting it with the wrong co-founder. There must be 50 ways to find co-founders. 1 question I''m asked is, "How do I find a co-founder?" MORE
Conflicts between co-workers can make the workplace challenging to navigate. But conflicts between startup co-founders can put everyone out of a job. Unfortunately, an estimated 62 percent of all startup companies will go this route, thanks to co-founder conflict. MORE
Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. 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. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a. MORE
Our second investment at Year One Labs is a startup called LocalMind. At the time we made the announcement the company didn’t have a name, but it did have a founder, Lenny Rachitsky. Lenny is now looking for a co-founder. Lenny’s a technical guy, and looking to pair up with another tech founder. We’re looking for a co-founder, not an employee. I look forward to finding an equal partner to work with him as co-founder. MORE
I recently received an email asking some advice about co-founders, specifically about whether a 50/50 ownership split makes sense for a startup. The 50/50 co-founder model. When I talk about the 50/50 co-founder model, what I really mean is the equal stake model. MORE
After the fact, people may recognize one founder as the innovator, but it takes a team to make a new venture work. Derek Sivers, the co-founder of CD Baby, said it best: “The first follower is what transforms the lone nut into a leader.”. MORE
The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. The upshot of all of this is that today’s startups can concentrate maximum time and resources addressing the problems they set out to solve. Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. MORE
Describing this other person variously as a co-founder, partner, CTO, and collaborator, the focus has been on someone with the right combination of technical experience/excellence, mutual chemistry, plus the right timing and inclination in their lives to do this. In looking for a co-founder, I’m searching for the combination that will allow us to build a long term growth company, scalable and adaptable over several years. I’m going to keep looking for a cofounder. MORE
Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I write this post to put you out of your miserable technical co-founder search and give you some realistic options. The Challenge of Finding a Technical Co-Founder. To find a great technical co-founder, you need to convince them of the following: Your idea is better than all of their ideas. College Roommate or Co-Worker. MORE
This is the first part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Hopefully, I’ll encourage other entrepreneurs with a dream but no technical co-founder options to take their destiny into their own hands. Disclaimer: If you know a great technical co-founder that wants to work with you, join them. MORE
A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. business co-founder entrepreneur partner startu MORE
Originally published on CoFounders Lab. Co-founding a company is like getting married; the early days are the honeymoon period. During those first, exciting days of startup bliss, you may not think it’s necessary to sit down with your co-founder to hash out potential concerns. MORE
Conflict between co-founders is totally normal. StartupHere's how to deal with it. MORE
I often get asked about finding cofounders and I usually give the standard list of characteristics of what I look for in a founder. But Jessica Alter , Cofounder & CEO of FounderDating , pointed out that co founders did not mean two founders in the same room. MORE
Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. entrepreneur recruiting startup technical co-founder MORE
Paul Graham says: You can certainly start a business without a cofounder. Well, it’s always hard to start a business that gets really big regardless of the number of founders. Paul doesn’t address the implied question: how much harder would it be for a single founder? Regardless of the answer, I know first hand that it’s possible to be a successful single founder of a startup. MORE
Mark Suster has been writing and speaking out about the challenges of a 50/50 partnership between two cofounders. But these two experiences have taught me that a 50/50 partnership, like a marriage, forces the two founders to come together on all the key decisions and can lead to better decision making. Paul and Rony, the founders and leaders of Indeed , are the iconic version of a partnership at the top of a company. They were even co-CEOs. MORE
Startup co-founder disputes are universal. Lead business partners co-founders communication leadershipIt’s just like any other close relationship–there are good moments, and there are times when you will disagree. MORE
Dave Gilboa, the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, tells Inc. startups, ahead of Donald Trump's 'Tech Week' next week. Startup Bootcampwhat would significantly help U.S. MORE
(Got a startup question? And if it’s a question that other startup founders are asking, look for it as a post here.). His top startup problem? Ideas, Cofounders and Belief. You’re reading AskBob: Where do I find developer cofounder? MORE
There is a bias against solo founders in Startup Land. Many of the top accelerators, like Techstars and Y Combinator, won't accept founding teams that have solo founders. I was at an entrepreneur event the other night talking with a friend who is a solo founder. MORE
Like any great relationship, a co-founders should evolve as they face new challenges and opportunities. Look for these 6 qualities in a startup co-founder. Grow Human Capital business partners co-founders cofounders human capital partnership partnerships MORE
I just got done reading a post by Roger Ehrenberg Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business where he suggests that CTO Founders should not move too early in finding a business cofounder: Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. Mark Suster has similar advice in Hiring at a Startup? MORE
Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. MORE
When you're in the process of creating a startup, it can be difficult to know when exactly you should bring in a technical cofounder MORE
Accelerators can certainly help a startup reach new levels. But when the relationship between the startup’s co-founders is already on shaky ground upon entrance, the only thing the accelerator, by no fault of their own, accelerates is the divorce of the co-founders and possibly death of the startup. MORE
Today we’re proud to release an updated Co-founder Equity Split tool. We released the first version back in November to help startup founders divide the ownership of their startup fairly and rationally among their team. With this release, the tool gives founders. MORE
Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. Startups. Startup Life. MORE
How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? I was having breakfast with Radhika, an ex-grad student of mine who wanted to share her Customer Discovery progress for her consumer hardware startup. Are We Missing A Founder? MORE
It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. cofounder entrepreneur execution startup visionary MORE
In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. Investors routinely decline to fund co-founders who are siblings, or in a romantic relationship. “We MORE
Two more entrepreneurial ventures later, Gleb cofounded online backup provider Backblaze to help consumers affordably, automatically, and safely back up their data. What are the pros and cons of starting a business alone versus with cofounders? How many founders are too many? MORE
In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. Investors routinely decline to fund co-founders who are siblings, or in a romantic relationship. “We MORE
Two heads are better than one, so the first task in many startups is finding a co-founder or two. Giving a co-founder a salary won’t get you the “fire in the belly” you want. Building the product may be the easy part of your startup challenge. MORE
Four characteristics you should seek in a co-founder for your startup. Startup MORE
Conventional wisdom in the startup world dictates that two founders are ideal for a startup. There are lots of famous pairs of duo co-founders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Hewlett and Packard, Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Three co-founders is acceptable, but anything beyond that the chances of success of the company may actually decrease. Having the right co-founder is perhaps the single most valuable thing in a startup. MORE
Accelerators can certainly help a startup reach new levels. The Problem In a disgruntled co-founder situation, … Continue reading → Startup Issues MORE
One of the keys to a successful high tech startup is the team backing the venture. And solo-entrepreneurs can find it difficult finding a technical cofounder in central Texas where people with technical skills are in high demand. Other startup founders are looking for partners with different skills such as marketing, sales and business development. [.]. MORE
We’ve just released our free Co-founder Equity Split tool. It’ll give you a fair and objective recommendation about how to divide your startup’s ownership, so you and your co-founders will have a sensible, real starting point for this notoriously hard, crucially important conversation. Many startup founders find themselves lacking clarity and direction when it comes time to divide their. MORE
I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. You should definitely hit up the Startup Weekend events as well. MORE
YFS Magazine
MARCH 13, 2017
Like any great relationship, a co-founders should evolve as they face new challenges and opportunities. Look for these 6 qualities in a startup co-founder. Grow Human Capital business partners co-founders cofounders human capital partnership partnerships
K9 Ventures
MAY 6, 2015
Conventional wisdom in the startup world dictates that two founders are ideal for a startup. There are lots of famous pairs of duo co-founders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Hewlett and Packard, Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Three co-founders is acceptable, but anything beyond that the chances of success of the company may actually decrease. Having the right co-founder is perhaps the single most valuable thing in a startup.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 18, 2016
It seems like every entrepreneur I meet these days is quick to proclaim themselves a visionary, expecting that will give more credibility to their startup idea, and improve their odds with investors. cofounder entrepreneur execution startup visionary
Vinicius Vacanti
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea.
Gust
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
We’ve just released our free Co-founder Equity Split tool. It’ll give you a fair and objective recommendation about how to divide your startup’s ownership, so you and your co-founders will have a sensible, real starting point for this notoriously hard, crucially important conversation. Many startup founders find themselves lacking clarity and direction when it comes time to divide their.
How to Change the World
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
After the fact, people may recognize one founder as the innovator, but it takes a team to make a new venture work. Derek Sivers, the co-founder of CD Baby, said it best: “The first follower is what transforms the lone nut into a leader.”.
Gust
MAY 16, 2017
Today we’re proud to release an updated Co-founder Equity Split tool. We released the first version back in November to help startup founders divide the ownership of their startup fairly and rationally among their team. With this release, the tool gives founders.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 6, 2015
A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup. The right answer is to find a co-founder with complementary skills. business co-founder entrepreneur partner startu
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 27, 2016
Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. entrepreneur recruiting startup technical co-founder
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
I just got done reading a post by Roger Ehrenberg Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business where he suggests that CTO Founders should not move too early in finding a business cofounder: Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. Mark Suster has similar advice in Hiring at a Startup?
Inc Startups
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Four characteristics you should seek in a co-founder for your startup. Startup
Scalable Startup
JUNE 21, 2011
Describing this other person variously as a co-founder, partner, CTO, and collaborator, the focus has been on someone with the right combination of technical experience/excellence, mutual chemistry, plus the right timing and inclination in their lives to do this. In looking for a co-founder, I’m searching for the combination that will allow us to build a long term growth company, scalable and adaptable over several years. I’m going to keep looking for a cofounder.
SiliconHills
JULY 30, 2012
One of the keys to a successful high tech startup is the team backing the venture. And solo-entrepreneurs can find it difficult finding a technical cofounder in central Texas where people with technical skills are in high demand. Other startup founders are looking for partners with different skills such as marketing, sales and business development. [.].
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 12, 2013
In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. Investors routinely decline to fund co-founders who are siblings, or in a romantic relationship. “We
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? I was having breakfast with Radhika, an ex-grad student of mine who wanted to share her Customer Discovery progress for her consumer hardware startup. Are We Missing A Founder?
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. It’s most comfortable to hang out with people like ourselves, but those are exactly the folks you probably don’t want to co-found a startup with. Finding Your Co-Founders [.]
venturehacks.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. 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. Build in founder vesting (a.k.a.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 21, 2012
I often get asked about finding cofounders and I usually give the standard list of characteristics of what I look for in a founder. But Jessica Alter , Cofounder & CEO of FounderDating , pointed out that co founders did not mean two founders in the same room.
Diego Basch
NOVEMBER 17, 2012
Paul Graham says: You can certainly start a business without a cofounder. Well, it’s always hard to start a business that gets really big regardless of the number of founders. Paul doesn’t address the implied question: how much harder would it be for a single founder? Regardless of the answer, I know first hand that it’s possible to be a successful single founder of a startup.
A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
MAY 11, 2011
Mark Suster has been writing and speaking out about the challenges of a 50/50 partnership between two cofounders. But these two experiences have taught me that a 50/50 partnership, like a marriage, forces the two founders to come together on all the key decisions and can lead to better decision making. Paul and Rony, the founders and leaders of Indeed , are the iconic version of a partnership at the top of a company. They were even co-CEOs.
Instigator Blog
JUNE 18, 2014
Conventional wisdom says that startups should have two or three founders. Some investors won’t even invest in single founders at all–so understandably for entrepreneurs this is a big issue. Most “business-focused” single founders are told right from the get go that they need to find a technical co-founder. Of the investments I’ve made to-date, six have 2 founders, one has 3 founders, and three have 1 founder.
The Startup Lawyer
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Accelerators can certainly help a startup reach new levels. The Problem In a disgruntled co-founder situation, … Continue reading → Startup Issues
joel.is
JANUARY 9, 2012
I recently received an email asking some advice about co-founders, specifically about whether a 50/50 ownership split makes sense for a startup. The 50/50 co-founder model. When I talk about the 50/50 co-founder model, what I really mean is the equal stake model.
Instigator Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Our second investment at Year One Labs is a startup called LocalMind. At the time we made the announcement the company didn’t have a name, but it did have a founder, Lenny Rachitsky. Lenny is now looking for a co-founder. Lenny’s a technical guy, and looking to pair up with another tech founder. We’re looking for a co-founder, not an employee. I look forward to finding an equal partner to work with him as co-founder.
Inc Startups
MARCH 31, 2014
What''s worse than starting a business without a co-founder? Try starting it with the wrong co-founder. There must be 50 ways to find co-founders. 1 question I''m asked is, "How do I find a co-founder?"
47 Hats
JANUARY 30, 2012
(Got a startup question? And if it’s a question that other startup founders are asking, look for it as a post here.). His top startup problem? Ideas, Cofounders and Belief. You’re reading AskBob: Where do I find developer cofounder?
Vinicius Vacanti
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
This is the first part of a series on becoming your own technical co-founder. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. I’m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. Hopefully, I’ll encourage other entrepreneurs with a dream but no technical co-founder options to take their destiny into their own hands. Disclaimer: If you know a great technical co-founder that wants to work with you, join them.
blog.captainrecruiter.com
MARCH 8, 2012
Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. Startups. Startup Life.
www.kernelmag.com
MARCH 8, 2012
The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. The upshot of all of this is that today’s startups can concentrate maximum time and resources addressing the problems they set out to solve. Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. First you have to be clear on who you are, and who you can co-exist with, what complementary skills and resources you need, and what decisions in the business you are willing to relegate. Most startups can’t afford that.
Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog
JUNE 13, 2016
Conflicts between co-workers can make the workplace challenging to navigate. But conflicts between startup co-founders can put everyone out of a job. Unfortunately, an estimated 62 percent of all startup companies will go this route, thanks to co-founder conflict.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
In a moment of crisis, you may be tempted to take on the first person expressing interest as a co-founder. This would be a mistake, and could easily cost you your startup. Investors routinely decline to fund co-founders who are siblings, or in a romantic relationship. “We
Inc Startups
JUNE 15, 2017
Dave Gilboa, the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, tells Inc. startups, ahead of Donald Trump's 'Tech Week' next week. Startup Bootcampwhat would significantly help U.S.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 29, 2018
Conflict between co-founders is totally normal. StartupHere's how to deal with it.
Early Growth Financial Services
MARCH 12, 2013
Originally published on CoFounders Lab. Co-founding a company is like getting married; the early days are the honeymoon period. During those first, exciting days of startup bliss, you may not think it’s necessary to sit down with your co-founder to hash out potential concerns.
Vinicius Vacanti
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I write this post to put you out of your miserable technical co-founder search and give you some realistic options. The Challenge of Finding a Technical Co-Founder. To find a great technical co-founder, you need to convince them of the following: Your idea is better than all of their ideas. College Roommate or Co-Worker.
Inc Startups
OCTOBER 22, 2015
When you're in the process of creating a startup, it can be difficult to know when exactly you should bring in a technical cofounder
The Startup Lawyer
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Accelerators can certainly help a startup reach new levels. But when the relationship between the startup’s co-founders is already on shaky ground upon entrance, the only thing the accelerator, by no fault of their own, accelerates is the divorce of the co-founders and possibly death of the startup.
Seeing Both Sides
APRIL 30, 2015
There is a bias against solo founders in Startup Land. Many of the top accelerators, like Techstars and Y Combinator, won't accept founding teams that have solo founders. I was at an entrepreneur event the other night talking with a friend who is a solo founder.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 10, 2013
Two more entrepreneurial ventures later, Gleb cofounded online backup provider Backblaze to help consumers affordably, automatically, and safely back up their data. What are the pros and cons of starting a business alone versus with cofounders? How many founders are too many?
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