Technical risk-taking co-founders — do they exist?

Do you mean taking technical risks? Why would they need to?

The thing is that as all know startups fail in most cases not because of technology but because of inability to find product market fit which is beyond control of a technical co-founder. It makes sense to take a risk if the risk is being managed. It's naive and dangerous to take a risk you have no chance to reduce it. Technical co-founders have the only way to reduce their risk to join a startup that will fail - pick the right business co-founder. And this is challenging. :)

That's why it is difficult to find a technical co-founder who is willing to take a risk. You as a business co-founder have to prove to your technical co-founder that you do manage business risks and only then your technical co-founder can take them.

"You as a business co-founder have to prove to your technical co-founder that you do manage business risks and only then your technical co-founder can take them." Words to live by. I left my startup (I was Technical) because my cofounder (Business) got a messiah complex and stopped thinking of risk.

Often it's hard to get technical cofounders because they tend to see your business as a technical one and often they'd find it lacking. They're be mistaken.

Most risk taking technical folks would start their own company that's why it's hard to get then to join you.

If you want to get a technical guy to join your startup you need to convince him that your solution has ready customers as in people who have already given you checks to build it.

I exist. Although I also have a business degree.

They exist but in this market they can easily cut their risk by only talking to non-technical founders that are compelling.

They don't need you and your half-backed idea and no money that isn't built and tested.

You need them.

After all - who the f are you and who would hire you at six figures in a startup?

Anybody? Bueller?

What is the evidence that you are making something some folks love (h/t Paul Graham) or making something at least one credible, non-delusional person is already ecstatic about?

I'm an investor. We don't need you either. We have AngelList, AL Syndicators and their copy cats. You don't need me. But you need investors.

Valuations are sky high. Your company isn't worth x millions. A YC startup might be.

Next.

What do you bring to the table? For me to join as technical co-founder, I'm looking for a some funding, and initial customers. The business co-founder should also be able to hire a contractor to build a prototype. If they can't do this, I don't see how they can be credible.

Yes, but not for your "me too" or your next "social local mobile crowd app". As a technical guy, I had to stop giving out any contact information at all to most people.

Google "stop looking for a technical cofounder" and check out the techcrunch post there. For every 95 of you business people, there are only 5 of us coders, and we all have either great jobs paying 6 figures for us to come into work with flip flops at "whenever time" OR we have our own ideas we're pursuing.

You can be mad about it and all you want. Teasing us clearly didn't work in grade school. Now that we're all older and making multiple times what you make (if you can even get a job), do you really think taunting us will work today?