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Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder

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155 points rob313 | 4 comments | 13 Oct 24 18:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ipaddr ◴[16 Oct 24 06:47 UTC] No.41856249[source]▶
The mindset of wasting 9 months going on dates instead of starting something is so foreign. Based on what this person was looking for (someone to build out his ideas) he would be better off trying to get funding and hiring someone.

It was a job interview (50 question homework, 3 day hackathon trial) plus firm requirements and who has the final say is presented. We didn't hear about the different tests and requirements these 100 dates demanded so it appears one sided.

The best way to meet a cofounder is to be interested in something; so interested you explore it and you find something you like someone else is doing and you talk to them about it. You come up with some idea and you reach out to this person and explore it.

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1. m11a ◴[16 Oct 24 10:02 UTC] No.41857346[source]▶
> Based on what this person was looking for (someone to build out his ideas) he would be better off trying to get funding and hiring someone.

Yeah.. or even just learning how to code himself. Could learn a decent amount in 9 months.

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2. unusualmonkey ◴[16 Oct 24 17:18 UTC] No.41861468[source]▶
If you spend 9 months learning to code, you get a junior engineer (at best).

If you sepnd 9 months getting a technical co-founder, you likely get a seasoned engineer + thought partner for all decisions going forward.

One is vastly more valuable than the other.

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3. m11a ◴[16 Oct 24 20:29 UTC] No.41863522[source]▶
You don’t need to be a great engineer for most startups, unless they’re particularly specialised. Most apps are really just CRUD at small scale. These apps aren’t really hard until you scale. Eg Airbnb is really simple to make, technically speaking, at small scale.

I think it’s valuable to be able to implement your own ideas. Its going to be more productive than trying to explain what you want to someone else. (This isn’t mutually exclusive with having a cofounder as well)

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4. unusualmonkey ◴[16 Oct 24 22:29 UTC] No.41864495{3}[source]▶
If you're implementing you're idea's... who is marketing them? Who is handling customer support? What about sales, legal, finance, hr etc?

Writing code is not building a business.