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One major point missed by this article is motivation — with a team of founders, drive to work is very high. You have someone else to interact with, work with, a
by limedaring 16y ago
One major point missed by this article is motivation — with a team of founders, drive to work is very high. You have someone else to interact with, work with, and keep you on task. I've found that working on projects solo, it's a lot easier to "fall off the wagon", so to speak — get distracted working on the wrong things, working without feedback, or stop working at all. This obviously differs from person to person, but it's one of the reasons why I believe more in a team rather than a single founder.
- DenisM 16y agoOn the flip side - if your partners are demotivated you will lose motivation too. It's just an echo chamber. It's much better to draw inspiration from your users and solid metrics about your business.
- limedaring 16y agoNot always. When one partner is demotivated, he/she has the other partner to turn to, discuss the problem, and pivot/change the project if necessary. The motivated partner can also start this conversation as well. Compare that to a solo founder who wouldn't have this support. I'm not saying drawing inspiration from the users isn't important (ideally, all founders should be doing this anyways), but having another person on the team significantly helps to start.
- avk 16y agoI've had the falling off the wagon problem recently. The way I dealt with it was setting weekly goals and holding myself to them. It's been a big improvement for the last month.