In addition to the excellent advise thus far, I would add<div><ol><li>Breakdown and document a detailed Job Description for Each Founder. This is a must for start-up accounting.</li><li>Define early goals and scope of start-up. You don&#39;t want to end up doing everything under the sun.</li>
<li>Breakdown ownership (shares) e.t.c with pre-defined allocations for employees and investors.</li><li>Encapsulate this in a Memorandum of Understanding Agreement.</li><li>Take care of basics, accounting, taxes - Business 101.</li>
</ol></div><div>Off course the details may change as the start-up evolves but its always great to have a fall back document as It creates peace of mind.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck,</div><div><br></div><div>John</div>
<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:52 PM, george <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:theonlydamnedavailablename@gmail.com" target="_blank">theonlydamnedavailablename@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">There is some very interesting reading from Rob <a href="http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2010/08/05/why-startup-founders-should-stop-reading-business-books/" target="_blank">http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2010/08/05/why-startup-founders-should-stop-reading-business-books/</a><div>

<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>George</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Jack Amayo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jackamayo@mail.com" target="_blank">jackamayo@mail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">Hi y&#39;all,<div> </div><div>
I&#39;m interested to know how most of you guys who have gone to start their own tech startups (or are about to), go about in finding a business partner. Sure you can partner with friends, family members etc. But what if you are looking for an individual with a specific skill set?</div>

<div> </div><div>Assuming you are a technical person, and need a co-founder who will handle the business end of things like sales, talking to investors ... you know ... the things we tech would rather not deal with.</div>

<div> </div><div>Are there resources like websites, forums where one can get connected with here in Kenya?</div><div>What qualities will you be looking for apart from complimentary skillsets?</div><div> </div><div>Any other thoughts on these?</div>

<div> </div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jack</div><div> </div></span></span>
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