Tips for deep tech founder

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I’m deciding to come out and make my own deep tech startup in the AV space. No funding yet but have a strong conviction in my technical skills to build MVP. Any founders/employees in the space that would want to connect or have advice?

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    fisb184cke

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    fisb184cke
    Don’t do it.

    Raise money while employed.

    Get a business co founder.

    If you can’t raise money find a confounded who can.

    If you can’t do any of the above don’t do it.
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      zIpm75

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      zIpm75
      Would agree after facing this myself
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    • Amazon / Eng
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      OP
      How do I find a cofounder? I’m actually pretty business minded myself and would need to find a CTO who has deep technical experience in the field. Actually finding it difficult because hard to find skilled but risk tolerant people.
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    need moar🥜

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    need moar🥜
    Make sure you know your cofounders well. The wrong cofounder can completely torpedo your project, even if they are bringing lots of good things (like money). Some will torpedo it after just a few months, but some will do so once you’re already growing and it’s time for them to start giving up a lot of control to subordinates.
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    • Amazon / Eng
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      Which heuristics would you use to determine if a founder is good?
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      need moar🥜

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      need moar🥜
      If I had a good answer for that I would probably be extremely wealthy by now.

      The best I can say is make sure they have a healthy ego and level of self-awareness. That’s a difficult thing to evaluate, and I think for most people identifying that requires wisdom that comes with age.
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