This is a general guideline for your first meeting with a potential co-founder.
Just replace any {variable}
with information about you, your guest, or your startup.
Co-Founder Matching Call with {Guest} on {Date}
- {Guest Y Combinator Co-Founder Matching Profile Link}
- {Guest LinkedIn Profile Link}
- Who am I?
- Where am I?
- What’s my background?
- What am I working on?
- Why am I working on it?
- Who are you?
- Where are you?
- What’s your background?
- What are you working on right now?
- Do you have any ideas that you want to bring to market?
- How did you hear about YC and its co-founder matching platform?
I have a general list of questions and topics I want to discuss with you, some of them are inspired by YC’s suggested questions for co-founders, and others are just important to me personally.
- https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/10-questions-to-discuss-with-a-potential-co-founder
- Have you had a startup or a co-founder before?
- What interests you about {Startup name}?
- What do you think the most important things to do in the first 3-6 months are?
- What needs to happen for both of us to go full-time?
- How do you organize work and prioritize tasks?