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Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

pbiggar wrote: post #29

Looks like a good time to write my guide on how to find a cofounder and what to do when you do. Quick summary: - based on 3 failed cofounder relationships, 1 successful company (CircleCI) - current cofounding ( https://darklang.com ) very strong - spoke to 50 potential cofounders (not 2-3 like before) - 50% of my pipeline were founders with underrepresented backgrounds - after first 10 had a profile that I was lookin…

This absolutely deserves a long blog post on its own. You and Ellen should consider writing it. Many founders (including my past self) would have wildly benefited from something like this.

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

natrik wrote: post #88
atlasunshrugged wrote: post #78

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I'd also love to see the questionnaire if you're willing to share it

Me as well (There needs to be a way to save comments)

Common problem for many HN readers. Some partial solutions in an old thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17637835

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by matz1 »

davidw wrote: post #99
matz1 wrote: post #98

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I'm not quite sure what your point is. You said "best co-founders are those who you've got some history with, who you know and trust. That doesn't happen overnight" I agree but then how do you start it in the first place ? Isn't the point of startup school or dating school is to connect people and then from that, over time you can build that history and trust and then use that as consideration whether you want them a…

Is that what YC has observed? My theory is that people are looking for people to start a company with ASAP, rather than 4-5 years in the future after they've worked together for a while. But I could be wrong.

Sure there are people like that but the thing is you don't have to. No one is dictating you that you must start a company within certain time frame.

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by eloff »

codesushi42 wrote: post #100
eloff wrote: post #91

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You just dismissed the data and replaced it with nothing of substance. Forget your feelings and look at the data, single founders are successful especially when you're talking about smaller companies that might not go the VC route. VCs are really only interested in companies that have a shot at being unicorns.

What data? OP's link is a silly TC article without any negative examples (failure rates of single vs pairs).

That's still more than you offered to the contrary.

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by haggy »

friendscallmejw wrote: post #92

As someone with two acquisitions under their belt (now technically three since IBM acquired Red Hat, though I wasn't part of that deal in any significant capacity) I can say that the next time I look for a cofounder, I'm going straight to the YC Startup School directory. Nothing like a cofounder with no real world experience, YC level entitlement, and a history of running/failing out of an overcapitalized tech-startu…

Your sarcasm and snark is next level. Well done.

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by csteubs »

heavenlyblue wrote: post #81
csteubs wrote: post #12

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It might not be as ideal as an organic friendship buI wouldn't say it's a bad idea outright. Only a handful of my friends would call themselves entrepreneurial, and those who do are pretty deep in their own domain-specific startups. My criteria for a cofounder match is 50/50 expertise and personality match, but that slides based on how complementary our skill sets are. Ex: I'm building a new mapping product right now…

Just FYI: can't access your website.

Good looking out!

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by pbiggar »

rmac wrote: post #74
pbiggar wrote: post #29

Looks like a good time to write my guide on how to find a cofounder and what to do when you do. Quick summary: - based on 3 failed cofounder relationships, 1 successful company (CircleCI) - current cofounding ( https://darklang.com ) very strong - spoke to 50 potential cofounders (not 2-3 like before) - 50% of my pipeline were founders with underrepresented backgrounds - after first 10 had a profile that I was lookin…

Can you share the questionnaire?

Email me personally for now. I do plan to publish broadly later.

Re: You can now use YC's Startup School directory to find a cofounder

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Post by TuringNYC »

EGreg wrote: post #87
TuringNYC wrote: post #30

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>>>> starting a company with someone is a bigger commitment than getting married >> How? You can leave a company you founded at any any time without any financial repercussions Absolutely not! Leaving a company has huge financial repercussions! If you have no agreement, you are either killing the company (as everyone disbands) or end up with either no ownership or end up with some uncertain amount of ownership as all…

This is silly. Most startups funded by these VC types are “go big or go home” and “fail fast” types. All this stuff you said about the company failing is an what the VC pushes you to do 9 out of 10 times and move on. The money lost came from various sources including investors who take risks for a living. How do you say that is worse than kids growing up in a broken home and many lives affected? An entrepeneur can ha…

My comment was that "walking away" every time one has a founder conflict is not without financial consequences.

I didn't actually make any comments about marriages being more or less important or impactful than startups.

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