1. It is complementary to you
Many entrepreneurs, by falling into identifying games, are left with the same or more similar to themselves. "He is risky like me" or "It reminds me of the impetus I had as a young man."
My suggestion is that you value the heterogeneous and prefer those traits capable of adding value. For example, if it is recognized with commercial pasta, choose someone with analytical skills. If you're adept at planning and organizing, a creative person will come at you on the go. The same if you have talent for inventiveness, someone who is able to link your developments with specific applications for an average user will be perfect for you.
2. Keep your promises
As an old advertisement said "The first impression is what counts", the same applies in this case: lateness, lack of initial meetings, failure to send emails and others are a bad sign. They show not only disinterest in the project but speak of someone with low reliability. Many times the entrepreneur justifies this type of behavior, because recognizing them would imply a possible delay in the project or an early disappointment. Unfortunately, experience clearly teaches and shows that the first actions illustrate about the way of being and thinking of a person. Therefore, those negative attitudes are an unequivocal gesture to continue the search.
3. Has social ties
It is clear that every enterprise needs clients. Analyze if the candidate to be your partner knows people who might be interested in your product or service. What college or university did you go to; if you participate in a sports club or entity. If you regularly attend or are a member of a Non-Governmental Organization, this is more than important data. Always keep in mind that starting with a certain base (albeit minimal) of consumers allows you to quickly test what it offers, generating improvements or promoting its most valued aspects.
4. Learned from your previous experience
In the first few conversations pay attention to how you tell your work story. In the case of having been positive or not, focus on your learning: What you obtained as a balance of knowledge in each of them. An individual who achieved knowledge in practice will be able to account for them later, on all those occasions when it is required. It is an intelligence feature to have capitalized on experiences and for this reason the one who has achieved it has attractive competences.
5. Listen to your right hemisphere
A little insight is essential in character and being an entrepreneur. Trust your primary emotions and, without prejudice, respect yourself if the person does not like you or does not seem honest. Human beings are deeply mammals and therefore the sense of survival that keeps us away from predators remains in us. In the entrepreneurial DNA this is even more developed and for that reason, if the applicant makes you want to avoid it rather than to approach him, do not force things for more scrolls or titles that you have. Always remember that a personal project is sustained not only with ideas but also with the heart.
