If you are contemplating joining someone you've just met to start a company, there’s a tendency to use a ‘good idea filter’ on them. In many cases I’ve heard potential co-founders describe their meetings as “She was nice, we definitely clicked, I could work with her, but I’m not sure I buy her idea.” It seems like a lot of potential co-founders are looking for the so-obvious, lightning-strike idea and then, and only then, to connect together and start executing. Very few companies begin with such a foundation. Most ideas only seem obvious in hindsight.
So you think you have an idea worth pursuing? Well do you REALLY have the resources, know-how, and the adequate homework completed in order to justify pursuing it? Or will you find out 6 months, 1 year down the road that you should have done more homework?
Many students, friends, and others ask me how to land a job at a Venture Capital firm.
Who are the faces behind a company? How did the company get started? These are common question you may have about startups you see and hear about. If you don't get a chance to personally meet the founders, you're unlikely to ever know their story. That's what Founder Fridays is all about.
“Customers live outside the building.” Every startup is well served to remember this and make sure they’re reaching out to their customers/users to understand them. As customer development manager at oneforty, I’m on the front lines of that effort and our overall goal of implementing 
Who are the faces behind a company? How did the company get started? These are common question you may have about startups you see and hear about. If you don't get a chance to personally meet the founders, you're unlikely to ever know their story. That's what Founder Fridays is all about.
