1) Vision alignment -
2) Values alignment -
3) Complementary skills -
4) Same commitment
What do you think is more important to get along with a co-founder?
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#2 print(list(itertools.permutations([1, 2, 3, 4])))Re: What do you think is more important to get along with a co-founder?
#3print(list(itertools.permutations([1, 2, 3, 4])))
there must be one that is more important than the others, long-term
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#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
there must be one that is more important than the others, long-term
Probably the one you didn't mention, compatible personalities. In my experience, the four listed traits are outcomes of compatible people working together.
you're talking about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_type
Re: What do you think is more important to get along with a co-founder?
#6People can change their vision, skills, and commitments. Values don't normally change except to be solidified as one gets older.
Being an older person myself (and working for both myself and others in many different contexts), I would say alignment of values is the most important quality in any arrangement: business, personal, or otherwise. Friction over values can tear apart any kind of relationship.
When you have values alignment, two people will naturally come to similar conclusions about what the overall outcome and goals should be. They'll also think of similar ways to solve problems and address issues, because those ways will align with their (shared) values.
If it's discovered later that one person lacks values the other considers important, the partnership (or even the entire business) can be destroyed and this has happened many times in the tech industry.
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#7None of the above. I'm going with:
5. High IQ and conscientiousness 6. Good work ethic
Vision and values can align, or they can meet in the middle. Either situation works.
In my experience, incompetence and apathy in a co-founder is the death knell.
You want Bertram Gilfoyle, not Russ Hanneman. "Personality" or "Values" are irrelevant in the matter of launching a product.
Re: What do you think is more important to get along with a co-founder?
#8None of the above. I'm going with: 5. High IQ and conscientiousness 6. Good work ethic Vision and values can align, or they can meet in the middle. Either situation works. In my experience, incompetence and apathy in a co-founder is the death knell. You want Bertram Gilfoyle, not Russ Hanneman. "Personality" or "Values" are irrelevant in the matter of launching a product.
That's true, too! Certainly apathy and incompetence are deal killers. Re values alignment, I agree that meeting in the middle is the thing. That's the alignment I was referring to. It would be nearly impossible for all of one's values to align with anyone else.