1/ The question I'm struggling with the most for my @ycombinator app is, "why are you a solo founder?"
The honest answer is timing.
I won't and don't want to be one, but the opportunity came up fast, and not making a horrible very long-term mistake means recruitment isn't.
That may only apply to consulting. But in my experience isn't. I wish it was different but generally the fun thing you want to do and the thing you should do are separated by some tar pits.
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For sure I have the same experience. But it sounds to me less like you need to find people you can definitely work with for a long time, and more like you need to find people who have the emotional maturity to say "actually I really want to do it" to your face.
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i.e. instead of treating "firing" someone like a wrenching existential crisis, regarding it as a normal and regrettable but expected outcome for some cohort and focus on minimizing that cohort and making the experience as painless for both parties as possible.
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