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Alain RaynaudCo-Founder Issues

BackgroundI run the Co-Founders Meetup of Silicon Valley

I helped ~200 founders with their co-founders problems

In the past: co-founder of EVE-USA, FairSoftware, LetsLunch

The 2 Co-Founder Questions

How To Find a Co-Founder

How To Split Equity

And The Short Answer Is...

The Best Co-Founder is

Someone You Already Worked With Before

Mistake #5

I Can’t Tell You My Idea

Mistake #4

We Split the Equity Equally, 25/25/25/25

Mistake #3

We Haven’t Decided Who the CEO Is Yet

Mistake #2

I’m Full-Time,The Other Co-Foundersare Part-Time

Mistake #1

We Have Lined-Up a Great Team, All We Need Now is a Developer

How To Convince a Developer

You: Business person looking for a technical co-founder

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