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The Co-Founder Mythology (bothsidesofthetable.com)

2 points by healthenclave ↗ HN
One of the greatest myths in start-up world is that you NEED to have co-founder to create Great , Amazing Companies.One the similar hand some of the largest business (in the recent past) have been created by Solo Founder - Ebay, SpaceX, Spanx, Amazon - to name a few.

In the offline world - most of the largest businesses have been traditionally started by Solo-Founder with some support from friends and family. (Think Andrew Carnegie, Honda, Colonel Sanders and many more)

There is a discrimination in the valley against solo founders because INVESTORS feel much safer investing in multiple people vs backing a single individual!

What Mark is suggesting in this article is actually a very intelligent mid-way path .. Start solo, build your MVP, Get some traction , some angel funding , some customers and then hire a Co-Founder or better still employees with generous stock options.

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[dead] healthenclave
One of the greatest myths in start-up world is that you NEED to have co-founder to create Great , Amazing Companies.Ironically some of the largest business (in the recent past) have been created by Solo Founder - Ebay, SpaceX, Spanx, Amazon - to name a few.

In the offline world - most of the largest businesses have been traditionally started by Solo-Founder with some support from friends and family. (Think Andrew Carnegie, Honda, Colonel Sanders and many more)

There is a discrimination in the valley against solo founders because INVESTORS feel much safer investing in multiple people vs backing a single individual!

What Mark is suggesting in this article is actually a very intelligent mid-way path .. Start solo, build your MVP, Get some traction , some angel funding , some customers and then hire a Co-Founder or better still employees with generous stock options.