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I'd love to see someone (ryancarson or pg?) write a complementary article about "what if you have to do it alone?" In other words, sometimes, it's not your cho
by fitandfunction 14y ago
I'd love to see someone (ryancarson or pg?) write a complementary article about "what if you have to do it alone?"
In other words, sometimes, it's not your choice to be a solo co-founder. Many people have compared finding a co-founder to finding a spouse. In both life decisions, I don't think anyone seriously advocates for "sucking it up, and going with the least bad option."
Sometimes, you're poorly geographically positioned, or in a "strange" market, or later in life (friends are already "matched up" or in secure jobs), etc
For myriad reasons, you could sincerely try to recruit a co-founder and come up short.
The question then becomes ... do you make the best of it and go for it anyway?
Or, is the lack of a co-founder a signal (to yourself and others) that your idea / plan is unworthy?
I hope the answer is the former because that is what I am doing. Someone remind me to write this article when I figure it out.
- ryancarson 14y agoI think it comes down to personality. For better or worse, I have a personality that allows me to barrel into big-risk situations and not worry. I don't think it's bravery though, it's closer to naive optimism (hence the name of my blog). If you have no choice but to be a Single-Founder, then it's probably down to whether or not you could survive your startup failing. If you can, then it's down to whether or not you feel happy taking the risk.