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How To Find Co-Founders For A Startup

Although you can build a startup on your own the evidence is that your chances of succeeding are much higher when you have a co-founder at your side. This is particularly the case if you do not have a technical background. Co-founders that have technical skills can shoulder the responsibility of implementing your ideas in code well as playing a role in attracting investors and managing a programming team.

If you’ve had a great idea and are looking for help from others to make it a reality, here are three ways you can find co-founders:

Begin With a Partnership

As an entrepreneur who is developing their startup it is highly likely that you will spend more time on this than you will with your family or friends. Because of this you’ll need to find a person that you have a strong personal and working relationship with, with whom you share the same mindset and that have complementary skills. It can take some time to establish whether you can have this type of relationship with a co-founder you do not know well. One of the most effective ways of determining this is to create a partnership with another person and work together for a few months to see whether you are compatible before offering them co-founder status. Just like you, a co-founder is an entrepreneur and will want to also be sure that they are committing the time and resources to a vision that they share and with a person they can work with.

Take Advantage of the Internet

There are many platforms that allow startup founders and entrepreneurs to find each other based on their technical (and non-technical) interests and background. These sites will help you connect with other people that share similar goals, believe in your ideas and enable you to find the people that are interested in helping to build and launch your product.

Find the Right Mindset

Founders are a special breed of people; they must be willing to put all else aside and work ridiculous hours to bring their vision to reality. A great co-founder will have the vision and passion to overcome all obstacles in the path to making their product a reality. This means that you will want to think carefully not only about the technical or other skills someone brings to the table but whether they can see the process (which can take up to 5 years) of seeing an idea through to its implementation. Often find co-founders work in an atmosphere of chaos on something that has never been done before. They must be highly agile and have the capacity to make rapid decisions in an environment where all the facts are not known and still be able to deliver.

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