It's a conundrum that many people face when starting a business - how to meet the right partner.  For those lucky entrepreneurs amongst us, this has never been an issue.  You had a friend or a business associate who shared the same passion or business idea as you and your venture was born.  For some of us, however, beyond the great idea is the need and desire to have that partner who shares the joint vision.

The solution:

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Co-Founders, Jessica Alter and Saar Gur, recognised the hole for this new niche in the dating industry

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'Like so many good ideas, FounderDating was born out of a cup of coffee (or maybe it was diet coke) and personal frustration.  We have met countless uber talented people who want to become entrepreneurs, but haven’t yet found the right co-founder(s)/team or idea to work on. We started FounderDating to help introduce smart, dedicated and inspired people, start making matches and lower the hurdles to company creation.'

Identifying a person who brings with them a killer combination – say, coding skills or other the traits that would make a strong co-founder – is challenging, especially for people without established connections from say, previous work in business development at Bebo or business school.  So in partnering with venture capitalist Saar Gur last year, Jessica co-founded an event series that works to bring people passionate about starting their own endeavours together with other entrepreneurs displaying complimentary skill sets. The process is very simple, with three basic rules:

• Be Committed
• Don't Meet and Tell
• Be Prompt

Currently running in San Fransisco and Seattle, they are soon to go global, starting with Israel.