How to ask someone to be your technical cofounder

Sometimes when you present the opportunity as “we just need you to build what we specify” you’re taking away the biggest motivation there is.

If you’ve been working in startups for a while, you’ll be familiar with this kind of request:

Seeking: Technical Cofounder

I am looking for someone to join us as a technical cofounder in a validated problem space in {startup sector}. We’ve been accepted into…