Comments on: How to pick a co-founder

By: Bootup Entrepreneurial Society » Co-Founders & Captables with Danny Robinson

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:54:45 +0000

[...] What is the ideal # of co-founders? Danny doesn’t think there is an ideal number while Venture Hacks recommends 2-3 co-founders. Each co-founder is just a shareholder. It can get complicated the more [...]

By: Pros and Cons of Having a Cofounder | Lead411 Blog

Pros and Cons of Having a Cofounder | Lead411 Blog — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:01:20 +0000

[...] a great post from VentureHacks with advice on choosing a cofounder. Here’s my own [...]

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:44:11 +0000

How do I find good technical co-founders?…

Here are some places where you can find a co-founder.

Linkedin.com
Do you have a profile there? Do you have tech people in your network? If yes you can take a look at their profile and see if you find someone interesting and contact them.
If you don’…

By: Four For Friday (11)

Four For Friday (11) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:42:53 +0000

[...] Naval’s spot-on note on How To Pick A Co-founder. Some basic but essential [...]

By: 天地一沙鸥

天地一沙鸥 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:41:25 +0000

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By: Ashish (Pocha) Sharma

Ashish (Pocha) Sharma — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:14:39 +0000

Nice article Naval. I felt like adding a few more points to the list & composed another blog.

I feel the attitude of the co-founder is very important. Also wrote a few pointers on how to gauge it.

I have also suggested a new formula for the right combination to look out for.

Blog here – http://www.cofoundersgyan.com/how-to-pick-a-co-founder-revisited/

By: Gyan corner for the wanna-be as well as early stage entrepreneurs/founders/co-founders » Blog Archive » How to pick a co-founder (revisited)

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:09:55 +0000

[...] inspiration to write this post came from the post by Naval at http://www.venturehacks.com . I agreed to most of the points made there, but there are certain [...]

By: Founder and Co Founder

Founder and Co Founder — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:11:52 +0000

[...] these two individuals. Which is why I recently found the title for one of Venture Hacks articles, How to Pick a Co Founder, a little [...]

By: J Jeyaseelan

J Jeyaseelan — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:52:27 +0000

I am not sure that the two co founder rule is so sacrosanct. Perhaps the so called ‘team’ of co founders is a demand that emanates from the venture funds.

Even a single founder based companies can flourish if the founder can put together a team of employees with a good stock option profile.

Of course, there is a problem of fatigue with single founders. If a single founder can muster the necessary energy and resilience, nothing should stop the company from succeeding. Of course the investment model would change as such companies are least preferred by venture funds.

While I had three partners to start with, I had buy the two out to make the company acquire an unified momentum towards its objectives. If the two funder theory has worked for some, it does not automatically mean that it would work in every case.

We can certainly draw inspiration from success stories but cannot make rules based on these.

By: The co-founders meetup is landing in Austin, TX on Dec 6th | Austin Tech Geeks

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:48:13 +0000

[...] is also a good idea to read this before the meetup, it provides great advice on how to pick up the right co-founder and it also [...]