What do you look for in a co-founder?
sho: - intelligent, capable, agreeable, etc (obvious)- complements my skill set- understands, and unafraid of, risk- if a programmer, compatible with my philosophy (ie not a super-perfectionist who will spend 3 weeks on the "perfect" deployment system, or someone who will argue with me about text editors or some crap)- someone who has travelled and has some perspective of the world, ideally having lived overseas .. maybe this is a personal thing but is important to me- understands what he/she is getting into and will not bail out halfway before we even have a chance to succeed because they can't live frugally (or whatever)- single, or is willing to act like they're single- committed, as in they have resigned or will soon- I know they can work independently and finish things, ie in the (recent) past they have decided to do something (anything!) and actually done it and can show me. Can be anything at all. This is unbelievably rare, you know- Just have that je ne sais quoi air of "this person is serious, they are going to do this, I am comfortable getting on board with this person" feeling which, on the flip side, would be the kind of ineffable quality which makes investors invest in someoneThere are probably more but those spring to mind.