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Hmm... when I saw this in the app it seemed like a big red flag for not applying. Would you mind elaborating a bit on what makes a single-founder worthy?
by j2d2 18y ago
Hmm... when I saw this in the app it seemed like a big red flag for not applying.
Would you mind elaborating a bit on what makes a single-founder worthy?
- pg 18y agoThe same qualities we look for in other founders: being smart and effective. There's a paradox here though: if a single founder were as smart and effective as we'd want, he'd already have found a cofounder and convinced him to join. So in practice the single founders we accept tend to be people who are good at hacking but not so good at sales.
- prakash 18y agoGood insight. Have you seen the corollary in practice in YC applications or in general i.e. If a sales guy/gal is good they can convince hackers to be co-founders?
- pg 18y agoBy definition if a sales person is good they should be able to convince a Woz to join them. The problem is, though, that they tend not to be able to judge Wozzes very well.