How To Build Your Early Startup Core Team | Dose 022

Can your startup core team get to $100k in revenue? If they can't, something’s wrong.

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Caya (CEO of Slidebean) provides a smart framework on not just how to find a cofounder, but how to find the right cofounders that can drive your business to the next level. Your startup cofounder is like a partner in marriage - you’ll want to make sure it’s the right match. Wondering where to meet a cofounder or what type of roles you’ll need to take on? This video covers the quintessential functional areas you need to know when finding cofounders, the most important chasm that your core team will need to cross, and several pro tips along the way.

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - The Hustler Founder's Dilemma
2:04 - The Tech Founder's Dilemma
2:45 - The Startup Founder Formula
4:14 - Early Team Recruitment Tips
5:30 - Outro

[stevebarsh]

Well done @caya! Love your clear litmus test to figure out a great startup founding team!

[maryamm]

I love how your definition in the start describing everything about the founder so accurately to me except I’m an introvert lol, to gather my team i will be reaching out if my comfort zone but it’s worth it

[streetcred]

Love it Caya. Thanks Steve this is a great idea of having other knowledgable leaders take the wheel.

[iamcarnell]

Thank You! You just answered a huge question that stalled my launch over the past 2 months! I'm going to launch myself and bring others on board after $100k... My audience is at 43k members and I did that by myself and I was having a problem with launching because I was thinking I needed an entire team behind me right now but I know I can do what I need to do myself until I reach $100k with the business. I wasnt focused on money after the first $40k, I just wanted to develop the business so I stopped focusing on making money and focused on providing an experience Thanks again!

[william_]

I am getting confused. Which channel is which..

Great content as always

[yousefelfarahaty]

This was so simple and thorough! Thank you!

[Dkingprime]

Hey Caya, great video!
You mentioned in a previous video that you ran a marketing agency in the past, would love to see a video on your experience running one.

[burpeeslurpy]

This was crucial foundational information great vid !

[trickblue]

Good stuff. Do you think there are any sites or platforms you think you can find your COO or people willing to start and help build without being paid first

[techfahim]

Thanks for this video, really love it ❤️

[tseringlama]

You got subscription. Loved the content

[Twistem]

Thanks for the tips bro. Hopefully I get to second base on my idea.

[dineshlamarumba]

Hello sir i have very important doubt. Is hiring a team member as employee for initial startup phase a bad idea?

[basedpatriotLT]

What if a product, for example saas product is not that difficult to code. As a hustler founder i would rather hire a freelance to do the job.

[teegwendevalerieporgo]

Thank you for this video - very informative. What qualifies a person to be a co-founder versus a core team member?

[gregsmith]

Does your theory include other metrics other than revenue and number of co-founders?

[shashanksingh]

If the whole idea and execution plan is one person's share and at the stage of execution he/she is looking for a co-founder because as you said everything cannot be done by one, then is it fair for his/her involvement all this time alone and splitting the shares with someone at the later stages ? I hope you get the question right.

[claudiosoldaini]

Got it but the bit question, where can i find tech and design and marketing co-founder that is not already and employer and is free to join a startup project? On Facebook? On meetings? On incubators? Where???

[Toneload]

But when launching a gaming company with money valued prizes you need investor money before you can go live. What do you think about that?

[ved]

Is being an extrovert needed? I am very good at talking to people and working with them but I need half an hour of me-time.😄 Also, I am not from Finance or Business Background. I am from Electronics and Computer Science Background.