The co-founder angle – wondering about something differently lately!

Hey everyone, this community has a lot of interesting posts ranging across a variety of topics. Of course there are some common underlying factors, for example, most people here are either building something, have built something, starting their own company/business, looking to find the right ways to grow it etc…

One thing I am curious about is, co-founder and partnership stories….

So many of you here are solo teams, either since the start or after a terrible experience with your co-founder or partner, so many others here seem to be solid wrt their co-founders/partners….which got me thinking, how many of you had a kind of screening process, or some sort of criteria in mind while selecting someone you would want to get into business with? Did they have the same questions for you?

Did it end badly, did it end up in a solid partnership unexpectedly? This can seriously be a make or break factor for many….and I'm sure so many of you must have all sorts of stories, betrayal, gratitude, or pure amusing!

(I work in a Healthcare AI & Automation Company, and I could not stress the importance of sharing the same passion, spirit, values, hustle with co-founders)

What about you all?