I decided to develop a visual chart of the decision tree or options available to startup entrepreneurs when they have an idea and want to develop that idea. I was inspired by all the amazing responses over at Silicon Beach in response to the thread “Finding Technical Co-Founders: How do we help people do this better?“.

So here’s my first attempt at distilling all the wisdom discussed within.  Credits are due to pretty much everybody who contributed, but with a special emphasis on those who suggested practical steps to take.  For a more nuanced discussion, read the original thread.

More info and resources can be found on Quora:

http://www.quora.com/Finding-Co-Founders/How-do-I-find-good-technical-co-founders

P.S.     If anybody reads this who is a graphic designer, let’s chat.  I’m sure we can make this look a lot nicer and comprehensive.
P.P.S.  If anybody knows about any interfactive chart building startups, let me know.  This would be much cooler as something like that.  Rather than a flat file.  Something like a Workflowy.com list would be part of the solution, but a bit dull.

UPDATES:
1 – Updated to reflect Humphrey’s comment about wireframes and the comment about operating the business manually.