✍️ Essay
Freemium
Intermediate
A deliberately provocative essay arguing that hunting for a technical co-founder is often a way to avoid doing the harder work of proving the idea yourself. It sharpens the point behind our answer: strong engineers join momentum, so the fastest path to one is usually to stop searching and start building and selling. Read it as a gut check if you have been stuck in the search for months.
Stop Looking for a Technical Cofounder
From Medium (Nir Zicherman) by Nir Zicherman 8 min read
- An endless co-founder search can be procrastination in disguise
- Prove the idea has legs before you ask anyone to bet their years on it
- The best recruiting pitch is visible progress, not a job description
