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Kerry Rupp, a managing partner at Dreamit Ventures.

Finding a co-founder for your company is like getting married: you need a solid understanding of the other person, and often a prenup.

Dreamit Ventures and Capital Factory helped entrepreneurs at SXSW with both elements of the equation at a speed dating event for co-founders this weekend.

“The goal of the three-minute conversations was to identify people you want to have future meetings with,” managing partner Kerry Rupp said. “Afterward we shared everyone’s LinkedIn profiles with everyone else.”

Finding a partner is not necessarily finding someone you like, she said.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Accelerators set up blind dates for entrepreneurs looking for partners