Cofounder Decision-Making Agreement: How to Avoid Deadlock
A cofounder decision-making agreement is not bureaucracy. It is what keeps speed, trust, and accountability from collapsing into founder deadlock. Early on, d...
Fabrice Payet•
7 min read
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← Back to all articlesCofounder Reference Check Questions to Ask Before You Commit
Cofounder reference check questions should reveal behavior under pressure. Not reputation. Not charisma. Not whether the person is generally smart, impressive,...
Fabrice Payet•
8 min read
Cofounder Roles and Responsibilities: What to Decide Before You Commit
Cofounder roles and responsibilities should be clear before equity is final. Not perfectly clear. Startups change too quickly for that. But clear enough that b...
Fabrice Payet•
11 min read
Cofounder Trial Collaboration Checklist: 2 to 4 Weeks Before You Commit
A cofounder trial collaboration is a short, real project you complete together before you make the partnership formal. It is not a fake homework assignment. It...
Fabrice Payet•
6 min read
A Compatibility Layer for Cofounder Matching Platforms
Cofounder matching platforms solve an important problem: discovery. They help founders find people who might be worth meeting based on role, stage, geography, ...
Fabrice Payet•
6 min read
How to Choose a Cofounder Before You Split Equity
Choosing a cofounder is not hiring a senior employee. It is choosing the person who will share equity, pressure, decisions, bad news, investor scrutiny, and yea...
Fabrice Payet•
7 min read
How to Test a Potential Cofounder Before Splitting Equity
You do not test a potential cofounder by having one great conversation. You test them by creating enough real signal before the partnership becomes legally, em...
Fabrice Payet•
6 min read
Cofounder Matching Platforms vs a Compatibility Test: What Each One Does
Finding a cofounder and knowing you can build with one are two different problems. Most founders only realise this after they have solved the first and are half...
Fabrice Payet•
5 min read
The Cofounder Compatibility Test: 8 Dimensions to Check Before Equity
Shared excitement about an idea does not show how two founders will divide authority, respond to stress, or make an unpopular decision. Those patterns become vi...
Fabrice Payet•
18 min read