One of the things I notice when looking at great founding teams is the ability for them to grow and learn quickly. I bet that's @natarius4k's point with flexibility. You can't possibly find someone with all these qualities but you can certainly compromise if you can attest your cofounder is learning and improving every day on the weaker soft skill(s).
Yeah, you're never going to find the "perfect" set of skills all wrapped into one person. Even if you could find someone with all the right skills for right now, they're gonna need to grow and evolve
Great advice. I especially like the bit about look at their savings. All that said, finding a co-founder is next to impossible. I just straight up gave up on that and focus on product.
Actually – good point: it's next to impossible. Where in SF should you look for a cofounder? A friend of mine said only look at folks you've worked with before.
Seems like good information, but pretty straight forward. On the other hand, I guess it's good to be reminded of that sort of thing.
Spot on. Wish somebody would have told me this when I started out.
Though I probably wouldn't haven listen ;(
Finding a good cofounder it's harder than finding a wife/husband.
Great advice! Read this if you are thinking about starting a company.