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Certainly once a company becomes larger, it no longer has only one person doing everything. I think it might prolong the takeoff phase, but there's no reason it

Certainly once a company becomes larger, it no longer has only one person doing everything. I think it might prolong the takeoff phase, but there's no reason it's not possible to achieve success if done correctly. My guess is that the true reason is psychological and social; decisions are made better when discussed from 2 or more points of view. Ideas are hashed out. That, and mutual accountability is a powerful motivational force. There are reasons, I think, but they're not being elucidated very well here.

erichocean 14y ago
None of the things you describe require multiple "founders". I'm a solo founder, and have 10+ people who have equity in my company, that I can talk to about any of the things you described above (and do). I'm still just the one founder though. Do people not talk to employees? I don't get it. Apparently, there's a belief that you can only bounce ideas off of other "founders" around here. In my experience, that's completely false. I also, BTW, bounce ideas off of other business owners, friends, relatives, people on the Internet I've never met, etc. Being a "solo founder" hasn't prevented any of that. And I'm an introvert!