Finding a co-founder is hard for anyone in the world; if you are in Nigeria it is harder. The reason is not far fetch, if you are living in Nigeria you will know how untrustworthy we can be when the issue of money is involve.

Not only that, most Nigerian has given up on government, taking entrepreneur as their safe haven, though this is good, it has made Nigeria lose the spirit of team work that those who work in government or private company enjoy.

Nigerian would rather start their own company than working together with a Co-founder.

If you are a business man looking for technical Co-founder it is more and more harder, unless you have a lot of money store up somewhere, As you are spending money on your startup, you will also be spending money to take care of your founder; because they will be broke, of course you should know how tough the Economy is.

Those that will not take money from you would be engaged with their own startup.



That been said,

How do I navigate all this to find a co-founder?

The best time to plant tree is last year

Successful Co-founder are usually friends from the beginning, they didn’t become co-founder because of Startup. They live, play and eat together even before they hatch Their Startup egg.

The likes of Larry Page and Sergey Brin(Google), Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne (Apple), Bill Gates and Paul Allen(Microsoft), Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi(Paystack), became friends before thinking of startup.

If you are young, circle yourself with like-minded; people that have in mind what you want to do in future. If you want to start a startup, circle yourself with programmers, designers, writers, marketers, of course you will have to learn one of this skill in other to attract them.

The best time to plant a tree is last year, the other time is now.



Tech event

Perhaps you have nail an idea while bathing, the idea is perfect, it’s going to be a unicorn, you are sure of it, but there is a problem it require coding and you are bad at it, you hate anything that start with html or end with script.

Don’t worry there is still a way out.

Go online and search for tech event in your locality, attend it with the purpose of finding a co-founder. Don’t just go there to warm their chair, Network by pitching to different people.

Though you might find luck at first, it is usually after 5-10 event before you nail a Co-founder.

Click here to see Tech event in your area (It will take you to another blog)

Higher Institution

This is applicable if you are still in school or graduated not long ago. Ask people around you, there is usually someone among your friend that can introduce you to a potential Co-founder.

If you are impatient, go to the faculty that breed the kind of Co-founder you want, launch your lone search party by asking people one by one. That would be a hard way I agree, but you’ve got to find a co-founder, anything should be done.

Co-working space or Tech Hub

Locate a Tech hub in your locale, if you find it, go there every day to work, even if you do not have anything to do, play with your Laptop. There is high percentage that you will find a potential Co-founder that would engage you.

You might even be acquire into another startup.

List of Tech Hub in Nigeria are:

Enspire Hub

Blue Hub

KAD ICT Hub

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Matchmaking site

There are many Matchmaking sites that can match you with a co-founder, search for these site on google and you might be surprised with the number of Co-founder looking for someone like you.

If you eventually found co-founder through matchmaking, be cautious; do not reveal all your plan to the person or people, until you are sure of his or her loyalty.

List of Matchmaking site in Nigeria are:

CoFoundersLab

vc4a.com



Change your environment

Sometimes what you need to get a Co-founder is leaving your environment, some environments repel skill people. Environment that has irregular supply of light, water or any other social amenities will surely lack potential co-founder.



People you have work with

If you are the type that keep contact list of those you have work with in the past, this is the time to look through it. You might find that old friend who fit in to who you are looking for.



Build it

This the hardest

If at the end of everything, you still can’t get Co-founder, then it is time to build it. If you have money; build an MVP by outsourcing it to Development Company.

If you don’t have money, you will have to learn coding long enough for you to hack MVP together. With some traction from your MVP potential Cofounder will troop to your side.

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