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Re:Research Says Solo Founders Perform Better by vishnumohandas on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:23AM (#24154850)
> you just couldn't convince your friends to join and therefore can't be trusted

As you grow older, the number of friends who can afford to take financial risks reduces because they will have components such as family and kids to factor in.

It’s sad that such gospels exist to make lives more difficult than it already is for founders who are 35+.

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Re:Research Says Solo Founders Perform Better by klaaz0r on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:38AM (#24154976)
This, it get's overlooked so much. It feels almost arrogant when a VC thinks like that. Yes I can get some friends working parttime on my startup but going fulltime? They also have rent to pay.

But I also think lot of pitch decks witha team slide contain parttimers but just don't tell the VC.

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Re:Research Says Solo Founders Perform Better by noychery on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:38AM (#24157091)
Author of the article here. Exactly! Sad that Paul Graham is the one who said that specific thing. I wonder if his opinion changed over time
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Re:Research Says Solo Founders Perform Better by logicslave on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:35PM (#24160043)
This is why older founders have higher success rates, people who are over 40 with the financial means to take a risk like starting a company are probably outliers already in their age group
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