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Co-Founder Application

This isn't a job application, and there is currently no salary attached to the opportunity. I'm looking for people who genuinely want to build something from the ground up and share the work, uncertainty, financial, mental and technical responsibility that comes with building a startup.

Please dont use AI to answer the questions. I don't need perfect answers, Short, imperfect answers that reflect how you actually think are much more useful to me than polished responses.

Fullname

Email Address

Where do you currently stay

What are you currently doing

LinkedIn/X/portfolio

Which area describes you best?

Product / Engineering

Growth / Business

Somewhere between both

What can you do today that would be genuinely useful when building a startup from zero?

Why does building a startup from the beginning appeal to you?

What do you expect the first year of building an early-stage startup to actually feel like?

You're one of three founders.

The company has ₦500,000 left in the bank.

Revenue is currently ₦80,000/month.

Operating expenses are approximately ₦150,000/month.

Ten users have requested the same new feature.

Building it properly will cost approximately ₦300,000.

What would you do?

Walk me through your reasoning.

100 people sign up for your product.

72 complete onboarding.

41 use the main feature.

13 return the following week.

Five users complain that onboarding takes too long.

You have enough resources to significantly improve one thing this month.

What would you investigate first?

Why?

You strongly believe the company should do A.

Your two co-founders strongly believe it should do B.

You've explained your reasoning and they still disagree.

What happens next?

Tell me about something you tried that failed. What did you think caused the failure at the time, and what do you think caused it now?

What's something important you've changed your mind about in the last two years? What changed your mind?

You promised your co-founders you'd deliver something by Friday. On Thursday evening, you realize there's no realistic way you'll finish it. What do you do?