I think it is important to not take an influential person (like pg)'s words for granted without your own critical thinking and some healthy doubts. Like PG sai

I think it is important to not take an influential person (like pg)'s words for granted without your own critical thinking and some healthy doubts. Like PG said, a lot of startup fails because they're single founders (without emotional support and other reasons). However,If you pick a co-founder just because PG or other VCs/bloggers said so, a lot of the times, your co-founder will be the source of your failure. Every person's situation/problem is different and all roads lead to Rome. I am kind of disappointed that PG developed a "formula" and insists that everyone should fit into that formula. If you don't, you're out of the game. A good hacker finds his ways to make a system work for him by breaking the rules (or by finding the hidden rules that seems to defy the written rules). Are you ready to break PG's rules?