I think when it comes to building software, most of us will need a co-founder. It's incredibly demanding and requires a spectrum of skills that are rarely encompassed in a solo person.
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There are solo software founders (
@ajlkn,@levelsio,@marckohlbrugge), who are exceptional. (They've also chosen projects that work well for solo founders.) If you have the skillset, timing, and energy to be a solopreneur; go for it!Pokaż ten wątek -
Many of the companies we look up to have multiple founders: - Google (Larry and Sergey) - Basecamp (Jason Fried and DHH) - Fathom (
@pjrvs &@JackEllis) - MailChimp (Ben Chestnut, Dan Kurzius, Mark Armstrong) - Atlassian (Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Farquhar) That's no accident!Pokaż ten wątek -
A good co-founder makes you move faster. Sure, you'll have to give up equity. But the right partnership will grow your business beyond anything you could have done on your own. You'll move faster, but you won't be working as hard.
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Granted, if you would rather hire an employee, that's a good option too. It's less risky, in the sense that you're not "getting married" to someone for a long time. For bootstrappers, it can be harder, because you'll need to have a way of paying someone when you're cash poor.
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If you're bootstrapping a software company, and you'd rather be a solopreneur than have a co-founder, then getting funding from someone like
@earnestcapital,@tinyseedfund, or@indievc might be a good option to help you hire someone instead.Pokaż ten wątek -
I like
@b11c's old HN comment here: "Whether you need a co-founder or not is not about individuals, it's about the skills." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17001286 …pic.twitter.com/EQWoZY2JfF
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What are your thoughts about co-founder vs an employee? I was looking for a co-founder, but found an employee instead — and this arrangement is helping me a lot with the challenges you point out.
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Yup! That's a great way to go if you can afford it!

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….ok but how does
@Jonbuda feel? Is he getting tired of the 9pm DM’s from Justin asking how to commit a pull request for the 100th time?
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Haha. Yup pretty much.

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