How to find a cofounder (our story)
Who are we?
Jon is a Web Designer and Developer in Chicago. Justin is a Product Manager and Podcaster from Canada.
How did we meet?
We met in 2014 at XOXO in Portland. At the end of the festival, we said to each other: “We should build something together someday.”
How do you find a cofounder?
- Go to events!
- Build your own projects: make stuff, tell people.
- Build long-term relationships (“I’m never going to team up with someone I just met”)
What should you look for in a cofounder?
- Complimentary skills
- They should have their own network
- Trustworthy
- Positivity
- Values
What we urge you to do
- Sign real legal documents!
- Use Stripe Atlas
- Be really up-front about:
- Your values
- Your aspirations: what are you trying to get out of this?
- Talk to a lawyer
Show notes
- Blackbox
- The Chicago Podcast Cooperative
- XOXO Festival
- Chase Reeves
- Marketing for Developers
- Sprintly
- Product People
- The Good News Podcast
- Transistor.fm
- Stripe Atlas
- Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin
- 500 Startups Legal Documents
- How I Built This Podcast
- Transistor.fm on Instagram
- Transistor.fm on Twitter
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