How to Find a Co-Founder

Choose co-founders that you would work for, not just with: Another component of well-being is making sure that your relationships, including professional ones, stay strong. While Reitano is the CEO, he says the best way to choose co-founders is to find people that you would not only be willing to work with — but for — as if they were your boss. Sam... See more

How to convince people to join your startup

I actually researched and covered this in a previous issue, so go read that post. Here’s the high-level summary of what you need to get right:

1. Captivating vision —Make it easy for candidates to visualize what you are building toward and to feel like their work will be meaningful.


2. A++ early team —The best

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Areas of opportunity; hiring, creating products for founders like NFX's Signal, and processes such as indexing people instead of companies.

If 0 to 1 is about product-market fit, -1 to 0 is about founder-market fit. Figure out what you want to build and why you are the right person to build it before you start.

Solving the problem of assembling a good team: When I became the CEO of a new company, every founder I talked to had the same warning: hiring is the hardest thing you will do... Currently, we use approximations: we look at the school a person attended, the jobs they’ve held and the length of time they were there. We might take a look at two or thre... See more