Building the Product
Finding & working with developers
Get it built when you can't build it yourself.
I'm non-technical, do I actually need a technical co-founder?
If you're building a technology product for the long haul, yes: agencies and freelancers are a stopgap, not a foundation, and YC's data shows teams...
How do I actually find a technical co-founder?
Treat it like sales, not luck: build a pipeline, expect many nos, and follow up. Go where builders are, hackathons, dev communities, open-source, s...
What equity should I offer a technical co-founder vs. an early engineer?
A true co-founder who joins early and shares the risk is usually a near-equal partner, think tens of percent, always with vesting, not an employee ...