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nwellinghoff on July 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Advice for finding a technical co-founder (2021)

Agreed. Never take a deal with someone where “you do all the tedious hard stuff” and “I bring the relationships”. Exploitation at its finest!

danielmarkbruce on July 13, 2023 | [–]

I think many of these people are behaving in good faith. They just have no idea exactly how useless they are when it comes to building something from nothing.

c_o_n_v_e_x on July 14, 2023 | [–]

>Never

If a non-technical founder came to you with an established pipeline of sales (i.e. relationships) just waiting for a product, you'd say no?

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