Eh. Actually the true advantage is that I can see more easily - or at least it's more natural to see - also the perspective of non-native English speakers that will make use of the service, so that I can optimize it for a greater world population; at least avoiding common mistakes that keep occurring in services that I use/try, but also taking that into great account while designing the whole thing.
You can be that guy and it won't have any harmful consequence on me, or you :) Because I'm already aware of that.
There were other requirements for the cofounder, you know it's not easy to find the right one. I took English knowledge into account (also tried to have a native speaker as a cofounder) but it was just one out of several parameters with some weight.
Regarding the early employee option suggestion, so I should take that into account when estimating the size of a needed seed funding.
I had a hunch you'd see that! There's no need to patronize you by saying your English is perfect, there's no shame in not speaking a language perfectly (I'm not a native speaker either).
Just find someone who speaks it well enough, it's not really even that big a problem. A good chunk of the world's population speaks English natively!
Be happy my friend: I've scored a shameful 5700. I see it is very low compared to many others reporting here, anyway my English is more than ok when compared to most of those around me.
I believe language knowledge is very influenced by the surroundings, the place where you live, the people you deal with.
Aware of the weakness, a few days ago I posted a call for suggestions on Google+; now the vocabulary test moved me to ask the same to HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2772950
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