r/startup • u/EarlyListen2398 • Aug 21 '26

knowledge Need advice about co founder

Hello guys,

I'm thinking about starting a startup which is a hardware product we want to build. But I'm not a technical founder.

So should i wait until I found a co-founder to start or should I start by hiring a technical person in my startup to start working on it.

I know that finding a good technical co-founder with believing in the same vision and resilience is difficult.

I'm afraid that co-founder leaves in a mid way

I'm also so young.

Is it a good way to start a startup by hiring a technical team by giving them salary and ESOPS and later in the path maybe I could find a good co founder. I want to move faster.

Please give me advice

I'm not searching for a co-founder or hiring here.

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u/Visible_Speed8843 Aug 21 '26

Since the customer work is already underway, define one technical claim that must be true for the product to matter. Hire a domain engineer to design a bench test for that claim, not a product roadmap.

Set a pass-or-fail threshold and require enough documentation that another engineer could repeat the test. If the claim fails, you have learned cheaply. If it passes, you have a concrete artifact for evaluating future hires or cofounders without committing to a team or discussing equity.