A startup's core asset is its technology, so you need a technical co-founder or CTO who owns equity and is aligned with the vision. Without someone capable of building and managing the product, the company has no real value. The classic formula works: hacker and hustler.
The value is your tech. And if you don't have someone that could build tech, you're not worth anything. And so like, you need to be very sure that you have someone that could manage that part of your business. And so whether they're a CTO or a VP of engineering, right? Ideally, this person is like heavily incentivized with the same thing you are and the same thing your investors are, which is equity in your company. And so if you can find some technical co-founder, that can build the product for you for free or for equity, that's the ideal scenario, right? Like the classic, like, you know, it's like you need the hacker and the hustler and the whatever, right? Like, you know, so you do need someone on your team to manage that side of the house.
