Searching for cofounders on dating sites or among your roommates isn't just funny; it's a sign that our social connections are deeply broken
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optimizing for local maxima I guess. But also artificial constraints which exclude other possibilities.
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maybe major issues are (i) search costs, (ii) importance of personal trust. Medieval tendency was family business because . . .
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weak legal system led trust issues to dominate. Less important now; maybe greater issue is very rare social/tech skill sets?
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roommates seem prescreened so low search cost. dating sites are a mystery to me tho. idk! seems like you're onto something..
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http://founderdating.com exists but I don't know that any successful companies have come out of it
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and having met there is treated as a huge negative signal by investors
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most early-stage investors have an explicit policy of not investing in founding teams that met recently
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