How We Screen Potential Partners
Summary
- It's important to conduct thorough background checks and sentiment reports on founders to ensure both business fit and founder fit.
- I am heavily involved in assessing founder fit, which includes reviewing all public records and social media summaries.
- A significant red flag is discovering public conflicts with previous co-founders, especially if it includes public outbursts or social media confrontations.
- I believe that disagreements in business partnerships can happen, but they should be handled professionally without resorting to public drama.
- It's crucial to partner with individuals who demonstrate the ability to manage disputes discreetly and maturely, as this reflects on their character and potential as a business partner.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest implementing a careful review process for potential business partners. Start by checking their background. You don't need pricey tools for this; just look up public records and go through their social media to get a feel for their behavior and values.
Pay close attention if they've had a business before. Look out for any public fights with past partners. This is a big warning sign! Fights can happen, but they should not end up all over the internet. If someone does this, they're probably not the best person to work with.
Focus on teaming up with folks who handle rough times calmly. You want someone who keeps disagreements private and acts grown-up. This shows they're a good person to join forces with.
So, the steps are simple:
- Do a background check using available public info on your partner candidates.
- Read through their social media – lookout for any negative patterns or public arguments with others.
- Remember, how someone acted in the past can show you how they’ll act in the future. Choose someone who acts professionally, even in tough situations.
If you catch someone in a bad public fight, that's a red flag. Avoid partnering with them if you can. It's really important to work with people who are level-headed and mature when things get tough. This will save you lots of headaches down the road!
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we run background checks and sentiment reports on the founders so a huge piece of our process is there's business fit and then there's founder fit and I run a lot of the founder fit piece and for part of that we look at like they basically pull all public records of this person as well as like a summary of their social media and what's found on there it's just been really interesting because some of what will come up in companies that we end up not investing in is just if it wasn't their first company this has been an interesting pattern it's like some huge blow up in their past company with their co-founders and that is a big red flag to me as well because you know we have had for example like deals that don't work out where we partner with the founder but like I don't think that it would constitute a public blowup where like we're screaming and tweeting about one another and if you're doing that I don't want to be your partner
