One match. Endless possibility.
Find the business partner whose skills perfectly complement yours so you can build a calm, profitable business prioritizing freedom.
How MakerMatch Works
Answer multiple-choice questions about your values, vision, skills, working style, and location preferences. Meet your ideal business partner.
Custom Matching Algorithm
Our algorithm matches you based on business goals, skills, values, working styles, and what you're looking for in a partner.
Personalized Questions
Create custom multiple-choice questions to find the ideal partner perfectly aligned with your specific needs. 1+1 = ♾️.
Lifestyle-Focused
🚫 VC funding. 🚫 large teams. 🚫 hustle culture.
Who It's For (And Who It's Not)
Make sure we're the right fit for you.
This is for you if:
- You want to build a profitable, sustainable business
- You value work-life balance and sustainable growth
- You work smarter rather than harder
- You prefer bootstrapping over raising VC funding
- You are talented in at least one of these areas: engineering, marketing, sales, operations
This is NOT for you if:
- You're looking for someone to fund your idea
- You're more interested in building the next unicorn or billion-dollar company at the expense of your family life
- You say “go big, or go home”
- You're looking to build a large team quickly ("blitzscale")
- You're “an idea person” and don't offer actual implementation skills
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about MakerMatch
Why is it 100% free?
It's 100% free because the world needs better business partnerships.
P.S. Honestly? I’m hoping to meet my future business partner here, too. I met my spouse on OkCupid in 2009, and I’ve been a huge fan of the power of matchmaking algorithms ever since.
How does the matching algorithm work?
The algorithm matches partners based on complementary skills, aligned values, similar goals, and compatible working styles.
You can create custom multiple-choice questions to fine-tune your matches. You can also specify deal-breakers.
Like OkCupid for business partner matching.
How is this different from YC's co-founder matching?
Y Combinator's incentives are to maximize their own profits. They hypnotize founders into making personal sacrifices and taking irresponsible risks, all to benefit the investors.
MakerMatch is exclusively for entrepreneurs who want to build calm businesses that are profitable from the beginning.
What kind of businesses is this for?
MakerMatch is ideal for SaaS, e-commerce, content, service businesses, and other models that can be profitably run by two founders without external funding.
What happens after I join?
You'll receive an email about next steps.
Later, you'll be invited to complete your profile and answer questions about your skills, values, and goals so that you can receive high-quality matches.
How many people will I match with?
Like the original OkCupid, you'll see a list of matches sorted by match score (out of ~100%).
The number of matches will depend on how many people join the site, what your specific answers and deal-breakers are, etc. What matters most isn't the quantity of matches but rather: do you find at least ONE match who is a phenomenal fit for you?
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