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Finding a
Co-Founder
Shahab Kaviani – [email protected]
Founder Institute - Moscow
March 24, 2014
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Agenda
The second most important relationship of your life
Co-Founders:
Why have one
How to find them
What to look for
Making it last
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Background
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Co-Founding Benefits
Human
Capital
Financial
Capital
Social
Capital
Complementary
SkillsMoral
Support
Network
Money
Sweat
Equity
Multiplier…Enables Rapid Growth
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Co-Founding Benefits
Multiplier…Enables Rapid Growth
Researchers looked at almost 2,000
companies and categorized the best
performing ones as “hyper -growth”.
A staggering 94% of the hyper-growth
companies were founded by teams,
whereas only 6% were founded by solo
entrepreneurs.
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Where to find a Co-Founder
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Complimentary Entrepreneurial
Archetype
Builder Opportunist
Specialist Innovator
Get Beyond Skills…
Source: BOSI DNA
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Source: Patrick Lencioni
Team
Results
Accountability
Shared Vision
Healthy Conflict
Foundation of Trust
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Illusive Equality
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Deal Breakers
Level headed
Healthy Conflict
Appreciation of craft
Teamability
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Attracting one
Alternatives
TechnicalCo-Founder
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Making it last
Business Partnership Charter
What if…
Source: Hogan Assessment Systems
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Thank you
Shahab Kaviani –
CoFoundersLab
@cofounderslab
@kavianis
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Noam Wasserman. 2012. The Founders’ Dilemma.
16.1%
1 Founder
25.5%
3 Founders
83.9% >1 Founder
>10,000
founders in
tech and life
sciences
36.9%
2 Founders
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Step #1
What Do I Need in aCo-founder?
How to Build a Founding Team
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How to Evaluate a
Potential CO-FOUNDER?
Resume?
Interview?
References?
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Friends? Family?
