[qp11]

No need to make them cofounders. Take a loan for N months and pay them (or someone more skilled). Recover the amount when you fund raise. If you get to a decent prototype state, recovering cost of employing 1-2 devs is not too complicated.

[afoote]

thanks for the reply. I'm pretty set on wanting at least one other co-founder so I have someone to "go to war with" so to speak, but I see your point in not forcing that relationship, especially not when this specific issue could just be hired out.