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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by jhrobert on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:22PM (#2218172)
Are we seeing "The Rise Of the Solo Founder"? Being solo myself, I wonder if we, solo founders, should build a league? "The League of the Solo Founders".

As a solo founder, I feel like an "only child", there is always that suspicion that something might be wrong...

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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by kirbman89 on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:30PM (#2218218)
I like that idea. There needs to be a startup accelerator based on solo founders. We could definitely collaborate on ideas and strategies.
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by gawker on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:44PM (#2218278)
As a single founder attempting to bootstrap, would love that!
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by mindcrime on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:54PM (#2218325)
Well, there is already the ##solofounders channel on Freenode IRC.

I'm also solo at the moment, but won't necessarily stay that way. I'm looking for 1-2 other co-founders to join the team. (So if you're a marketing/sales/bizdev guru in NC, or an ace web-designer / css/html/javascript guru in NC, gimme a shout.)

The nice thing about being solo at the moment is, I get to do everything. For example, I've had to dig into a pile of CSS/HTML/Javascript stuff lately and start trying to reinvent myself as at least a half-assed Web UI person, since I don't have anybody else to do that stuff. The downside is, I have to try and reinvent myself as at least a half-assed Web UI person, when it's not my strength (I'm more of a backend coder.)

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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by keeptrying on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:38PM (#2218249)
Created this: https://convore.com/single-founders
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by rokhayakebe on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:59PM (#2218347)
Convore needs to let me join by emailing (maybe they do, but I couldn't find how) and without signing up.
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by keeptrying on Monday February 14, 2011 @03:33PM (#2218518)
I have to add your email. Whats your email? Email me railsnoob at yahoo dot com.
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by jhrobert on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @03:50AM (#2220617)
I joined!
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by angelbob on Monday February 14, 2011 @04:50PM (#2218852)
The Micropreneur Academy is also worth looking into on this count, though it's a bit more specialized.
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Re:Tell HN: I quit my job to bootstrap my startup by myself. by keeptrying on Monday February 14, 2011 @02:27PM (#2218202)
How about a convore private group to start with ? Interested?
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