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Hi everyone,

I’m building an early-stage startup and I’m looking for advice on how to find the right business/operator co-founder.

I’m technical/product-oriented and I’m looking for someone who can complement me on business development, partnerships, sales, fundraising, operations, and go-to-market. Ideally, this person would have MBA, startup, consulting, investing, or operator experience.

I’m especially interested in connecting with women founders/operators because I want a diverse founding team, but I want to approach this respectfully and professionally — not in a tokenistic way.

A few questions:

1. Where have people actually found serious co-founders?
2. Are MBA entrepreneurship clubs, women-in-business groups, Slack/Discord communities, or Reddit useful for this?
3. What should I include in my outreach so I don’t sound vague or spammy?
4. How should equity/vesting be discussed at the early stage?

I’m not trying to promote here — mainly looking for advice from people who have done co-founder search seriously.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m building an early-stage startup and I’m looking for advice on how to find the right business/operator co-founder.

I’m technical/product-oriented and I’m looking for someone who can complement me on business development, partnerships, sales, fundraising, operations, and go-to-market. Ideally, this person would have MBA, startup, consulting, investing, or operator experience.

I’m especially interested in connecting with women founders/operators because I want a diverse founding team, but I want to approach this respectfully and professionally — not in a tokenistic way.

A few questions:

1. Where have people actually found serious co-founders?
2. Are MBA entrepreneurship clubs, women-in-business groups, Slack/Discord communities, or Reddit useful for this?
3. What should I include in my outreach so I don’t sound vague or spammy?
4. How should equity/vesting be discussed at the early stage?

I’m not trying to promote here — mainly looking for advice from people who have done co-founder search seriously.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m building an early-stage startup and I’m looking for advice on how to find the right business/operator co-founder.

I’m technical/product-oriented and I’m looking for someone who can complement me on business development, partnerships, sales, fundraising, operations, and go-to-market. Ideally, this person would have MBA, startup, consulting, investing, or operator experience.

I’m especially interested in connecting with women founders/operators because I want a diverse founding team, but I want to approach this respectfully and professionally — not in a tokenistic way.

A few questions:

1. Where have people actually found serious co-founders?
2. Are MBA entrepreneurship clubs, women-in-business groups, Slack/Discord communities, or Reddit useful for this?
3. What should I include in my outreach so I don’t sound vague or spammy?
4. How should equity/vesting be discussed at the early stage?

I’m not trying to promote here — mainly looking for advice from people who have done co-founder search seriously.

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m building an early-stage startup and I’m looking for advice on how to find the right business/operator co-founder.

I’m technical/product-oriented and I’m looking for someone who can complement me on business development, partnerships, sales, fundraising, operations, and go-to-market. Ideally, this person would have MBA, startup, consulting, investing, or operator experience.

I’m especially interested in connecting with women founders/operators because I want a diverse founding team, but I want to approach this respectfully and professionally — not in a tokenistic way.

A few questions:

1. Where have people actually found serious co-founders?
2. Are MBA entrepreneurship clubs, women-in-business groups, Slack/Discord communities, or Reddit useful for this?
3. What should I include in my outreach so I don’t sound vague or spammy?
4. How should equity/vesting be discussed at the early stage?

I’m not trying to promote here — mainly looking for advice from people who have done co-founder search seriously.

Thanks.