Nailed it. To me these are the most salient points when looking for someone to work with. Unfortunately, you either find these things out by getting to know the person really really well first, which takes time, or working with them, by which it might be too late.
Hmmm..... maybe we need to set up a potential-founders dating service... :P Rai On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Matt Moore <innotect...@gmail.com> wrote: > Probably repeating some of the previous posts (in this very interesting & > useful thread - many thanks to all the participants): > > When you are looking for a business partner, you often begin by looking for > someone with a particular set of skills or experience. Some additional > things come to mind: > > 1. What will make or break the relationship is the extent to which you > share common goals, values, and worldviews. This latter stuff doesn't appear > on CVs or LinkedIn profiles and can only be comprehended by working with > someone. Often you will find that values are not shared and it's best to > discover this early before significant time has been invested in a > relationship that is dysfunctional. Go on lots of first dates and don't get > married to the first person that comes along. > > 2. You also need to respect each other as equals. If one individual has > significant power over the other (or decides to take a high status position > whether they actually have the power or not) then it's probably not going to > work (and someone will end up getting screwed). > > I have a couple of tech ideas but I don't want to partner with a > technologist until I have some potential customers lined up for them. As > noted, ideas by themselves are pretty worthless. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
