 Jobs and Woz. Larry and Sergey. Jack, Biz and Evan. Mark and Eduardo. Many of today's most notable and successful tech companies were born not out of one, but two (and sometimes three) noggins. Entrepreneurship can be a long, lonely and hard road, so it help to have a co-founder -- he serves as a sounding board, a different point of view, a yin to your yang. He's a beer buddy when the going gets tough, and another flute to clink when the long-awaited funding comes through. The co-founding trend is going strong, with many of today's up-and-coming startups led by two (or more) complementary individuals. After all, if you're going to go through the startup rollercoaster, why not share the ride with someone? But how are you supposed to find the person with whom you'll hunker down to build the company you're so passionate about? Well, there's TechCoFounder, FounderDating and Founder2Be, for the Match.com types. Then there are hackathons and startup weekends, a great source for CTOs. And there's business school, where you have access to a large pool of bright minds. But you might not even have to go that far or spend that much money -- you could find the person on Craigslist. Or maybe you're already dating him. Or best friends with her. Or maybe you just need to meet your future co-founder in a random twist of fate. Mashable spoke with 17 sets of co-founders from some of today's growing startups -- ZocDoc, Spotify, Airbnb, Foursquare and more -- to discover how they met, where their idea came from and why they decided to take the plunge together. And the rest, as they say, is history (literally, a lot of them said that). |
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