The technical cofounder you don’t have to commit to for life.
Cofounder-grade product and engineering - roughly one day a week, for cash, not equity.
Book a technical reality check →You have a great idea.
But building it is a lot harder than it should be.
Today that leaves two bad doors.
A dev shop
Builds exactly what you spec - and owns nothing, decides nothing, and cares less. You still have to know what to ask for.
A full-time cofounder
Half your company, forever, after months of “dating” to find out whether it even works. Unprovable until it’s irreversible.
This.
→ Cofounder-grade ownership of product and engineering. One day a week. No equity negotiation. Start Monday, hand off whenever.
You built the first version with Lovable.
It demos beautifully. People love it.
Then you realized it takes a bit more than a pretty front-end to make an actual business work, scale the way you need, or convince your customers or outsiders it's the real thing.
And you can’t tell whether it’s built right - or whether the agency quoting you a rebuild is even telling the truth.
You got it 70% of the way. I own the rest - and the “is this even built right” question that’s keeping you up.
Not advice from the sidelines. A senior partner in the build.
Product & engineering ownership
The technical decisions that keep you from painting the company into a corner.
Hands on the code
I build and review, not just opine. Player, not just coach.
Roadmap & product management
What to build next, what to ignore, and how to ship without a team of ten.
Product-market-fit validation
De-risk the idea against real users before you pour money into it.
Venture strategy & coaching
The judgment of someone who’s taken ventures from idea to exit - and to the public markets.
A steady senior hand
One person accountable for the part of your company you can’t evaluate yourself.
I don’t bill hours or count lines of code.
Modern AI tooling means a senior builder can do in a focused day what used to take a team a week - but only if they know what to build. The tools made you fast; they didn't make you sure.
I commit about a day a week of that kind of focus to your project, spread where the build needs it, on the few decisions that actually move your business. Enough to drive real momentum; capped so you get my best work, not my exhausted leftovers.
And I build while we pressure-test who actually wants it - so you're shipping toward a real customer, not just shipping faster.
“One of the best technical leaders and strategists I’ve had the pleasure of working with.” Ryan Barr - Principal Architect / VP Engineering
Start Monday.
Hand off whenever you’re ready.
The advice you're probably getting is to spend months hunting for the perfect technical cofounder before you build anything. Tell them they'll work for nothing. For years. Cross your fingers that they'll stay for the long haul and not be a complete disaster to work with.
That’s a tall order. No wonder it happens so rarely.
Start now instead, and keep looking. When you find the right full-time partner I hand over a clean, documented build and a team that knows exactly how it works. I’ll even help you find and vet the right person.
Maybe it's me. But maybe that's a decision to make after working together for a minute, don't you think?
Most cofounders are built for lock-in. I’m built for your timeline.
My job is your momentum, not your dependence on me.
I don’t advise from theory.
I build for a living.
Steamweaver Microventures
A live portfolio of durable online businesses I build and operate. Proof I ship, not just consult.
View the portfolio →
The Founders Guild
A community of serious builders I founded - for people building real businesses, not chasing unicorns.
Visit the Guild →
Founder School
The training program where I teach founders the fundamentals - from headspace to product-market fit.
See the program →A senior engineer costs $250,000+ a year, plus benefits, plus a months-long hunt to find one.
A cofounder costs half your company, forever.
This is neither - a senior technical partner for the price of a line item.