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I'd be most interested to see a response from pg regarding this post.
by kloncks 16y ago
I'd be most interested to see a response from pg regarding this post.
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- baguasquirrel 16y agoI'm guessing that YC's existence as a seed fund has a lot to do with it. How do you sell a company that is essentially a one-man shop? If I were buying a company, I'd want to see that it's leader(s) are team players.
- rgrieselhuber 16y agoIt's not that hard when you're selling a company with cashflow and / or IP. I don't think being a single founder and being a team player are necessarily orthogonal.
- DeusExMachina 16y agoAs the article says, you can draw other people to the company as soon as you can afford it. There you can demonstrate that you are a team player (and a team leader).
- bdr 16y agoYou can read at least some of his arguments at http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html. What in there would you say is refuted by this article?
- rgrieselhuber 16y agoMy point was not to try to refute his arguments. He has good reasons and tons of experience. That said, there are still people who are going to do startups on their own anyway and some will be successful. I wanted to share what's worked for me so far.
- bdr 16y agoNot trying to be rude, but it seems like the piece does devote more space to defending single founder startups than offering advice. I think that's why I'm not alone in responding to it on that level.
- rgrieselhuber 16y agoI think you may be reading more into it than is there. I don't feel any particular need to defend them. The background I began with was to provide clarity around why people advise against going it alone and some creative ways of making it work when you don't have the natural advantage of co-founders.
- bdr 16y agoNotice how my claim refers to the actual contents of the post, while your response refers to your intentions when writing it. Just trying to help.