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Ask HN: Thoughts on One Founder Company?
What do you think about investors who reject those startups who have just one founder? Are they correct in doing so? Given the founder has decade of experience in that field.
- verdverm 7y agoDo they have experience building a company? They aren't out right rejected, the bar is higher because there is only one of you to do all the things. You have to show that you can hire and delegate and make positive progress.
- linkish_io 7y ago10 year experience in industry and 2 year experience in running a startup with 8 employees
- stewfortier 7y agoI think it's a bad blanket rule. Founder conflict is a major risk for an early-stage startup failing, so having the wrong co-founder is more dangerous than going at something solo.
- linkish_io 7y agoExactly my thought. Why should the founder be forced to give 50% of equity to someone for doing something he can do himself alone.
- verdverm 7y agoAre you worried about dilution? Why does it need to be 50%?
- linkish_io 7y agoUsually the idea goes 50-50 split between founders. Unless the guy with the idea has an upper hand in terms of traction or mvp built.
- verdverm 7y agoIs this yours? https://linkish.io/ https://linkish.io/ Looks like yet another bookmark app
- linkish_io 7y agoYeah it is yet another bookmarking app but much more than that. I am not sure if I am allowed to market the product by listing its features here but I can connect with one-on-one and tell about it if you are interested. I am very new here so don't know how HN works yet.