I met Arash, my co-founder, through a mutual friend, and we hit it off immediately, deciding to work together on Dropbox shortly after.

We discovered our shared interests in entrepreneurship and small businesses while working on a project together in business school.

After college, I worked at a biotech firm but felt the slow career progression pushed me to pursue entrepreneurship, especially after a roommate suggested we start a company together.

When my co-founder George called me with an innovative idea, I was blown away by the demo he showed me, which led us to explore starting a business together.

The easiest way to meet a potential co-founder is through school or work, as you have context and can observe their performance over time. It's important to assess how well you work together as a team and how effectively you communicate.

About 20% of co-founding teams in top YC companies met at work, while 16% were introduced by mutual friends.

We're building software to help founders connect for one-on-one meetings and organize a large end-of-batch celebration after demo day in San Francisco.

I met my co-founder Joe Gebbia at RISD, and together we decided to start a company without a clear idea of what it would be.

Among YC companies valued over a hundred million, about half of the co-founding teams met in school, primarily during their undergraduate years.