To find a technical cofounder, start building and prove that your idea is inevitable
<p><em>Hi, I’m </em><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorhughes" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Taylor Hughes</em></a><em>. I’m the technical cofounder of </em><a href="https://hypernatural.ai/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Hypernatural</em></a><em>, the most amazing short-form video generator. I have shipped apps and built teams at Facebook, Google, Clubhouse, and a bunch of start-ups in between.</em></p>
<p>I’ve had a few people ask me recently about how to find a technical cofounder. These people are usually nontechnical folks who have a unique insight into an interesting market — but they don’t know how to build it.</p>
<p>In real life, I know of exactly two options for convincing a technical cofounder to join you: Either <strong>you already know a technical cofounder</strong>, ideally from working at a small-to-midsize startup where you worked directly together before. Lucky ducks! Go ship together.</p>
<p>Or you<em> don’t</em> already know a technical cofounder, and you have to find one somewhere and<strong> convince them to join you</strong>. This case is a long road! Technical cofounders have a ton of options, including working for large companies that pay them vast sums of money — or just working on their own ideas instead.</p>
<p>So what you actually need to do is <strong>build a compelling case </strong>for a technical cofounder to want to join you. You have to show that you and your idea will succeed, and that it’s inevitable.¹</p>
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