A friend and “brilliant programmer” broke up with me before our relationship started. He’s already involved with an e-commerce start-up and not up for sides. I was going to continue and eventually launch as a single founder but after reading Paul Graham’s article on why startups fail, I advised myself.
Who the hell am I?
I’m a young technology enthusiast with interest in startups that solve problems. I broke kolanut here. I’ve been involved in four start-ups, one of which I founded. And I also have corporate work experience.
What am I looking for?
Two co-founders
A kickass programmer with apt for all things technical.
A badass PR genie that can do admin and clients stuffs, too.
My ideal co-founder?
You grew up questioning many fairy tales, even when other kids had breakfast and went to bed with it. To you, life is not that much of a mystery. That’s why you’ve spent most of it exploring dark corners. You think ahead, lead the way and mostly importantly, remain a badass.
You’re at the top of your game and constantly growing fast. Because, just like the rest of your kind, you started doing things before you knew the meaning of abracadabra.
You’re not more than 24 years old. You love your own thing but probably settling for a job to keep up with “Buhari” times. The many ideas you wrote down have been used to sell Akara. And one or two you tried doing didn’t stand firm.
I know how difficult it is having a co-founder with no prior relationship, but reality don’t give enough choices. And, hey, there are many blind-date-turn-to-marriage stories.
Oh, but I’m currently earning 500k at XYZ
Really? Your day job is fine as long as it’s flexible. When we stand firm, you can kiss goodbye.
Thank you for your 2cent, Akindolu. “Every relationship begins with a ‘Hello’”. Recruiting isn’t the word; I’m playing up to solve what is a potential bane. Thank you.
You can actually. My thing was getting into business with people I can comfortably throw into jail (that automatically eliminates family and friends ) and I partnered in business with someone I had never met before in my life. I basically just posted in a Facebook group about a business that I was starting (much like this post) and someone referred their friend to me. We were in business together for 2 years before that venture inevitably collapsed and it’s collapse was not related in anyway due to the fact that we did not know each other prior to doing business together.
I’d still do it again in heartbeat. You never know who’s out there.
Haha. I really really value my relationships so if a deal went bad with a friend or family, no matter the sum involved, I’d walk away. That’s why I avoid going into business with them. But let a stranger screw me over, we’ll be in court for even as little as $10k
$10K is a handful anywhere, if she is not sure she’s willing to fallout with a non-relative on a < $10k ‘outstanding’ then I can safely assume she can as well easily put that sum away for 5 years, if that was an option. Do you know how much that gets you in an average performing wealth fund?
Take that out at maturity and buy yourself a healthy life insurance package.
@sherrytums 's stand is by all weigh respectable, but starting a fight only if the trouble is worth atleast $10k is a luxury very few can afford, not just on Radar, and certainly not just in Nigeria.
So many replies to the $10k. Eeeiiissh. I guess it’s how I view money in general not that I have a lot of it lying around. Sincerely, the time and energy that will be spent fighting anyone over less than $10k is honestly NOT worth it. Considering,commercial cases can take up to years to close. Then you spend about half that in lawyer fees.That’s alot of time IMHO to spend running after what will turn out to be less than $10k. Time that can be invested in things that will bring that back 10 times over.