Can I actually succeed as a solo founder, or do I need a co-founder?
You absolutely can, plenty of solo founders have built huge, profitable companies, and a bad co-founder is far worse than none. What you need isn't a co-founder specifically, it's the functions one provides: complementary skills, accountability, and someone to think with. Solve for those and solo is a real path, not a compromise.
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Arvid Kahl bootstrapped and sold a SaaS solo, and now publishes the most practical ongoing guidance for one-person and small-team businesses, audience-building, leverage, and staying profitable and sane.
A thoughtful investor-authored take on the real risks of solo founding, isolation and the echo chamber, and how to engineer the accountability and outside perspective a co-founder would otherwise provide.
