Where would you look for a technical cofounder?
I'm currently helping someone who I met through one of my free mentoring sessions. He has a potentially great business, and is already generating revenue.
But he's an unfunded, solo founder, so he's got a very long road ahead of him without cofounder(s), and cash.
I know that finding technical cofounders is hard. Where would you suggest I direct him to look, and what do you think is the key attraction for tech cofounders to join a startup?
It's always been something I've found difficulty to know how to advise for!
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Thanks for the insight! I've been giving him some low level advice, and he's already in a good position (post-revenue etc), but as someone who's only ever worked with cofounders I've already known, I don't know where the best places are to meet them.
Anecdotally I'd heard that finding tech cofounders is really, really hard, because you have to convince them of your vision, as well as convince them to leave their well paying job! :-)
I have pretty significant experience with cap tables and investments, so should be able to give him good insight on that front, but I think some kind of ongoing product development needs to be in place before he starts approaching investors.