Vetting
Questions one should ask regarding potential collaborators:
- Are they serious or is this a fleeting interest they someone just tweeted?
- Are they resourceful in securing support, or do they not understand that energy can be created?
- Are they a flight risk, as they are just searching for what they want to do?
- Are they financially independent, or is survival a significant burden for them?
- Do they have a commitment to open culture, or is "open source" a synonym for "cool" in their mind?
- Do they have perseverance and believe in a long term vision, or do they not understand that big breakthroughs come from big failures?
- Do they welcome broad learning, or do they get overwhelmed easily?
- Do they have collaborative literacy, or do they believe in the model of the line hero?
- Are they humble? Do they invent - or innovate - and do they know the difference between the two?
- Are they more entrepreneurial, or more parasitic on the productivity of others?
- Do they like to get their hands dirty, or do they think someone else should do that?
- Do they have energy for an endeavor, or do they suck energy from it?
