Exactly. I worked on my startup for a little over a year before my current awesome cofounder joined me (approached me since I had already "proven" myself, I was

Exactly. I worked on my startup for a little over a year before my current awesome cofounder joined me (approached me since I had already "proven" myself, I wasn't explicitly searching). Big fan of just leaping forward and doing it yourself. Self-promotion, two articles I wrote on the subject: "I'm a designer who learned Django and launched her first webapp in 6 weeks" http://www.limedaring.com/im-a-designer-who-learned-django-and-launched-her-first-webapp-in-6-weeks/ http://www.limedaring.com/im-a-designer-who-learned-django-a... "How to thrive as a solo non-technical founder" http://weddinglovely.com/blog/how-to-survive-as-a-solo-designer-founder/ http://weddinglovely.com/blog/how-to-survive-as-a-solo-desig...