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Well... That's inconvenient, isn't it. I've long suspected the cofounder thing was really to be able to divide and conquer. To have a spare founder when one in
by bfieidhbrjr 6y ago
Well... That's inconvenient, isn't it.
I've long suspected the cofounder thing was really to be able to divide and conquer. To have a spare founder when one inevitably quits. To play them against each other.
Call it experience.
- redis_mlc 6y agoThe main reasons investors like multiple founders (a team) are: 1) social proof that they're not investing in an unlikable solo founder (co-founders is a shit test that there's more than one true believer, and that they can sell each either on the idea.) 2) free labor for the first couple of years from multiple co-founders You mentioned games that investors play, but there's always games regardless of one founder or more.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoThat sounds like hard-won bitter experience. I'm always warning founders that investors are not on your side. They're not your friends, they're not there to help you succeed. They're there to make money. If destroying your life will make them more money, they won't hesitate or even feel bad about it.
- andrekandre 6y agoanecdotal, but i have seen this first-hand (more than once) and it is not pretty...
- noychery 6y agoAuthor of the article here. Your comment made my day lol :D