I had three days to find a cofounder. This is what I did
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Let me detail a little bit, as often short concise posts are only evident to those with the experience, and appear dismissive or not very constructive to those without.
The best candidates for co-founders are people you've already worked with, in a situation where your livelihood didn't depend on it (school project, same team at another company, etc.).
When you launch a company with someone, you will essentially spend all of your waking hours in their company. That includes the long hours at the office, but also the phone calls at 11pm, the emails at 9 in the morning on Sundays, etc.
In order for this to work out, you need someone you absolutely trust and can communicate effectively with, in the context of a healthy professional relationship.
It's hard. I have really close friends with whom I would never start a company; there are people people I have worked with and deeply admire with whom I would never start a company. It's really hard.
That's why if you want to maximize your chances of it working out, you have to really be confident about your choice. Picking someone you'd never met the week prior and making them your cofounder can work out, just like it can fail miserably. There are already so many variables in a startup; why add another unnecessary one?
(I'm glad I wrote this entire post without making a parallel with marriage! :D )
Regardless, we'll see what happens. Some people were interested in the analytics behind the site, so that was one of my primary reasons for posting - and the backstory to give context.
With such a short time, how do you know if you can trust him or vice-versa?
Trust is something that can only be built over time.
how one can be sure that what someone need is a cofounder without really look at a case carefully.. how someone can be sure that the other guy wont cause more trouble than solutions.. the thing is.. nobody really knows..
its a stupid request.. for me is a sort of "im the guy.. i have the money... you want me to help you? so first dance on top of this table and pretend you are a monkey.. "
Im working at something by myself.. and its working.. im sure that for a lot of people is the same.. If you are really confident of what you are doing.. you would just ignore this sort of stupid comment and try other things..
Look like a desperate and unecessary atitude.. sometimes even taking the funding from this angel will give you some headaches.. so maybe another door closed.. but with you doing the right thing.. theres no price for this.. and maybe is for the better!
Great idea though, we are currently renting and it would be great to have something like this to communicate with our landlord with v.s. txt messages.