I switched 3 cofounders before meeting the one I ended up appointing legally.
How did I know it was finally the right person?
I can say a lot of things about values, working ethics and patterns, #cofounder chemistry and other stuff that you already know. But to me, these three key points made up my mind:
📌 Proactive approach. In the two months that we have been working closely, my cofounder was never waiting to be assigned tasks – she'd pick them up herself or step in to help me. Her initiative has finally helped me progress beyond the phase I was left at after Antler.
📌 Feeling challenged. I have always been striving to surround myself with people who don't cut me too much slack. In my business partner, I needed exactly that – the power to push me, ask difficult questions and even contest me when it's best for the business.
📌 High standard of human relationship. When I was ill to the point that I had to call an ambulance, and they virtually did nothing, my cofounder was insisting to travel with me to A&E and pressure them to do something. It was late weekend night, she lives on the other end of London, and my flu was supposedly contagious. I eventually decided to just sleep through, but her willingness to be there for me at a critical moment assured me in our tandem even more.
Obviously, our #startup story is only beginning, and no one would be able to tell how it's going to evolve. But for now, I've got someone to share this journey with, and it's an incredible difference to walking it alone.
How did you meet your cofounders?
International and Public Affairs and Entrepreneurship major at Brown University
2moSo happy to be a part of the team!!