Lunch & Learn talk about finding and attracting a technical co-founder.

1. Finding a Technical Co-Founder
Rob Forman | Technology Architect
rob@robforman.com

2. “How do I find an attractive spouse who
loves Nascar and fly fishing?”

3. “How do I find a smart engineer who knows
Linux and Objective-C?”

4. Are you sure you need one?

5. Forces at work
Against For
• Compelling opportunities • Can bounce back from failure
• Have own ideas • Looking for other big ideas
• Currently building something • Building a business is hard
• Know how to code • Don’t want it to go to waste

6. Finding versus Attracting

7. A Practical Guide Attracting Engineers
Bring your A-game.

8. 1. Learn their language.. and to code.

9. Learn
• Codecademy.com (learn to code)
• Stackoverflow.com (find programming answers)
• Lean Startup (Eric Reis)

10. 2. Go to them.

11. Go
• Meetup.com
• LinkedIn.com
• Hacker News (https://news.ycombinator.com/)
• Atlanta Lean Startup Group (Midtown)
• Twitter (alternatives to LinkedIn / Email)

12. 3. Always be doing.

13. Doing
• Balsamiq.com (wireframes)
• Lean Canvas.com (lean startup methology)

14. 4. Give it time.

15. I found one!

16. What’s next?
• Vet
• Validate
• Vest

17. In the mean time...

18. Just keep building. Get creative.
• Local resources (students, part-time)
• Outsourced development (oDesk.com)
• Get involved in incubators (ATDC, FlashPoint)
• Development partnerships (godsofPROTOTYPING.com)

19. Questions?
Rob Forman
email: rob@robforman.com
twitter: @rob4manhere