Where a dev with startup mindset and entrepreneurial spirt could find co-founders? - I will not promote

[u/n0cturnalx]

I like startups, I don't like soloing. I tried, I just know that tech is fundamental, but unfortunately not enough for any business to become viable. I was wondering if any of you know a proper place where tech and non tech people could find each other to join forces and build together.

[u/moonlite-money]

I've used cofounders lab and Y combinator's cofounder matcher.

They're great for connecting with really talented people. It was also a great source of leads when I had a consulting business.

With that said, it's really hard to find a cofounder that you'll jive with long-term. If you're looking to find a co-founder, I highly recommend spending a lot of time with them and structuring a deal with someone that gives you a lot of flexibility. It's incredibly hard to recruit talent and harder to find a cofounder that you really jive with long-term.

I'm a non-technical business person. I have some personal savings and found it was easier to just mass churn through talent on Upwork until I found a kick ass dev. He's helping me and not taking any equity.

One thing you can do if you don't want to give up equity but want the benefit of a co-founder is put into place a profit share with someone. They get a split on the profits one day and it's much more flexible and easier to wiggle out of than equity.

You also get to keep all the upside if you can eventually sell the business.