Finding a Co-Founder is like Dating. Part 1

Starting a company is always recognized as one of the boldest moves ever; you have plenty of opinions from the whole world, but your will to start takes your courage to the next level. Being a founder consists of enough courage, creativity, hard work, struggle, and management as doing everything alone, from handling tasks to organizing meetings with the new companies and brands for sponsors, to handling social media platforms, to smart investments; each and everything needs time, and that too, within 24 hours. For that, you need to start dating people in professional terms to find the exact person with the same mindset as a Co-Founder to run a Company.

Since childhood, we have imagined an individual starting a company as a matter of infinite guts. We have imagined that he/she has created a billion-dollar company alone and is living the lifestyle that lakhs of people dream of. But the reality hits different; that’s nothing but a normal script for a Bollywood movie and an imagination. Boosting the company to the heights needs a proper allocation of a dedicated team that works effortlessly for the betterment of the company. Startups are carried forward with the help of the whole team, not as individuals, because again, handling everything alone, from a founder’s tasks to the sales and management, isn’t just a cup of tea; it’s troublesome too. 

Finding a Co-Founder is like Dating. 

The best commercial relationship of a founder with his team is with – Co-Founder. Yes, imagine having a partner in life with the same psychological aura, just like that, imagine having a Co-Founder with the same futuristic mindset and uplifting aura. That’s the proficiency; that’s the only specialty that will make your journey easy and insightful when you have a Co-Founder with the same mentality towards your desired destination as a founder for the company.

Let’s understand in depth why – Finding a Co-Founder is like Dating. 

Important Relationship with the Co-Founder – 

For the sustainable growth of any company or a startup, a Founder needs to have a promising and transparent relationship with the Co-Founder. There’s no denying the fact that, founder alone can’t do everything; he needs a person to work with him, followed by managing tasks and providing utmost guidance in terms of team management or handling presentations. 

• Needed Expertise Skills – 

Being a Founder and starting a company isn’t enough alone, as you need people and management to fill up the gaps that need to strengthen your company with no flaws. You need to think above the belt, and for that, you need a person with that level of expertise and skills that only a Co-Founder with that specific mindset can bring. He or she can fill in the designated blank spots to strengthen the company to the core.

• Responsibilities Share – 

As a Founder, you have plenty of founder tasks for the company, and you can’t be a boss and an employee at once. Followed by crucial meetings and decisions in favour of the company, you have several initial responsibilities, which include being on the same page with your company’s board members and sponsors. Having a Co-Founder not only lessens your burden in terms of tasks and responsibilities but also allows you to focus on the elements that need to be prioritized effectively. 

• Emotional Support System – 

As being a Founder, you are bombarded with lots of struggles, roller-coster drive of sales, loosing employees, conflicts with board members, failed presentations, bar of reach and insights going down, competitor’s bad inflicts which resulted in the downfall of your products and strategies, difficulty in maintaining decorum, loosing self respect in several occasions for the company’s sake, and societal differenciations. At this moment, you want a person who will not only guide you but can stand with you during this crucial and negative phase. 

• Receiving investor confidence –

Several investors are likely to support your company when you aren’t just the Solo individual running a company or a startup. They tend to prefer companies with two young, futuristic minds where they can invest with the trust that their money would be utilized fairly with a growth perspective. Not only for emotional but, at a professional level too, the Founder needs a Co-Founder. As I said earlier, their relationship must be as fortunate as the siblings with moral and overall support. Investors find companies with a Founder more resilient as two minds with the same mindset but with different ways of tackling can actually implement better strategies for the upcoming problems. 

How is it like a Dating someone in professional terms?

Just like in dating, to choose a partner, you go out to meet around with several people in coffee shops, to know their mindset and psychology before choosing the love of your life, just like that, while finding a Co-Founder, you go on meeting with several people before selecting the second lover of your company. This prioritized task comes with plenty of challenges, like regularly reviewing the people who applied for the post to match the same scenario, understanding the psychology of every person, as we can’t choose a person hurriedly for this designated post. Finding a Co-Founder is like dating, because you have to interact with plenty of people before coming to a final decision. 

That’s part one. The second part will be more in-depth. Keep your excitement engaged in comments and discuss with us about the preferred topics and what your expectations are for the second part.

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