Build together
Find the person whose commitment changes what is possible.
Co-founder matching should begin with the work: ambition, craft, risk, pace, conflict, ownership, and the kind of company both people want to build.
Create fewer, deeper conversations with enough context to test how you might build together.
1:1contextual introductions
6alignment dimensions
0swipe mechanics
Questions this path helps answer
- 01What must this person own?
- 02How do we make hard decisions together?
- 03Are our time horizon and ambition aligned?
01How Meridian makes this usable
Define the missing founder
Describe the decisions, craft, relationships, and ownership the company needs—not a generic job title.
- Decision ownership
Turn decision ownership into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Complementary craft
Turn complementary craft into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Commitment
Turn commitment into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
02How Meridian makes this usable
Share enough context
Make the problem, current evidence, constraints, and founder expectations visible before the first conversation.
- Problem thesis
Turn problem thesis into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Current traction
Turn current traction into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Founder expectations
Turn founder expectations into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
03How Meridian makes this usable
Test by building
Use a bounded working sprint to observe communication, pace, judgment, and recovery from disagreement.
- Working sprint
Turn working sprint into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Decision review
Turn decision review into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
- Explicit debrief
Turn explicit debrief into a visible decision lens: record the evidence, name the trade-off, and choose the next action.
