I love your question. If I can extrapolate a little bit, there are two conflicting forces at play here: A) The general advice that you should get a co-founder

I love your question. If I can extrapolate a little bit, there are two conflicting forces at play here: A) The general advice that you should get a co-founder to succeed[1]. That advice is mostly incorrect. Don't fit into someone else's arbitrary criteria, build your own startup your own way. B) You seem to believe that no one else is good enough to join you. That's amazingly bad. Are you really the next Elon Musk in waiting? Even he knew to surround himself with a great team. Because of these two points, I want to say: ignore the requirement from the incubator, but try to open your mind and find people to work with anyway. Not for the sake of getting into this incubator, but for the sake of your startup. [1] http://foundrs.com/find-a-cofounder http://foundrs.com/find-a-cofounder