Who are we?Jon is a Web Designer and Developer in Chicago. Justin is a Product Manager and Podcaster from Canada. How did we meet?We met in 2014 at XOXO in Portland. At the end of the festival, we said to each other: “We should build something together someday.” How do you find a cofounder?
Go to events!
Build your own projects: make stuff, tell people.
Build long-term relationships (“I’m never going to team up with someone I just met”)
What should you look for in a cofounder?
Complimentary skills
They should have their own network
Trustworthy
Positivity
Values 
What we urge you to do
Sign real legal documents!
Use Stripe Atlas
Be really up-front about:
Your values
Your aspirations: what are you trying to get out of this?


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Show notes
Blackbox
The Chicago Podcast Cooperative
XOXO Festival
Chase Reeves
Marketing for Developers
Sprintly
Product People
The Good News Podcast
Transistor.fm
Stripe Atlas
Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin
500 Startups Legal Documents
How I Built This Podcast
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