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Yes! Hard to say much without looking deeper into it, but at least my experience shows me that I am able to be fairly productive as a part-time founder

Author of the article here. At least for myself I see a big difference in payroll in GrowthClub (with a solo founder) and my own startup with 3 co-founders and 2 more shareholders-partners.

Author of the article here. I would doubt the assumption that it's easier to start with other people. Would be interesting to see the data on that. In GrowthClub's case it was easier for us to start with one founder.

Author of the article here. Supporting a solo founder in GrowthClub and having co-founders in Panda Training, my own startup - agreed, nothing is black and white.

Author of the article here. Like the philosophy! Proves true with our experience in GrowthClub. Reminds me the thinking with bootstrapping.

Author of the article here. Good point! I think going solo can also provide peace of mind, in a way.

Author of the article here. Your comment made my day lol :D

Author of the article here. Agreed with your point. I personally advocate for getting a hands-on advisor (https://www.growthclub.online/post/advice-for-solo-founders) and at least for us in GrowthClub it helped to raise funding from 2 angels. Not yet sure about VCs.

Author of the article here. This is a good point, and a real issue! What I advocate is finding a 'hands-on advisor', something in between the co-founder and advisor, check my other article about that, it's a 2-min read: https://www.growthclub.online/post/advice-for-solo-founders

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

The author of the article here. Agreed. I wrote about this just 2 weeks ago! https://www.growthclub.online/post/what-to-do-after-an-accel... Sam Altman: "We at Y Combinator always say we want to get a lot bigger because this is a network effect, this is a network that matters. Most venture capital firms will say out of one side of their mouth, “Oh no, smaller is better,” because they don’t want to work more. Then they’ll tell all their businesses, “The network effect is the only thing that matters.”

The author of the article here. I agree wholeheartedly! Not a solo founder myself, but I've been advising GrowthClub and leading my bootstrapped startup Panda Training, based on my experience - funding is definitely overrated and often brings trouble. Many of the founders (both solo and not) in GrowthClub bootstrap.