Can’t Code? How to Find a Technical Co-Founder

April 3, 2012

Getting a startup off the ground is just the beginning. Growing a business is the next step. In this Project Grow series, we talk to entrepreneurs at New York’s Varick Street incubator as they meet the challenges.

Philip Estrada Reichen is your typical entrepreneur – an extroverted people-person with a big idea for a business. But as he was planning LocalUncle.com, a location-based iPhone app, he realized he lacked one big skill: Programming. Enter Philipe Fatio, a coder who prefers to spend his days in front of the computer, not other people. In this video interview, hear how these two began working together, plus three tips on finding your technical co-founder

Please read related post, “Do You Really Need to Code?

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Colleen DeBaise is special projects director at Entrepreneur.com. She is the author of The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook, and previously served as the Journal's small-business editor. She has also covered entrepreneurship at BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. Colleen is a regular guest expert on television and radio, and has appeared on MSNBC, Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS and NPR.
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