I think my single greatest regret / learning from being a first-time founder, is doing it solo.

If I ever decide to start a new company or run a business, I would want 1 or maybe 2 co-founders.

Anyone else feel the same way?

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Seems people are very split on this! I imagine it depends on the business and depends on the person.

Finding the right co-founder(s) definitely sounds like a difficult thing to get right as well

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Yeah I can def see the pros and cons. It would require an immense amount of trust and faith to find the right co-founder, but there are a handful of people in my life I can think of that would make excellent ones (for me)

I tried going with co-founders twice, both attempts failed. It's as tough as finding your spouse.
Going solo feels more unconstrained in the beginning, long-term one can feel extremely lonely at times

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I realized/learned how god-awful I am at paperwork, at organization, at people management, etc.

I'm good at being the face of the company, marketing, brand building, community building, vision stuff, etc. I'm really bad at making the company get stuff done efficiently. And it's REALLY hard to hire for that role imo.

100%! I’m curious on your experience, what was the hardest part/what makes you have this perspective now?

Ofc I remember :) To learning and doing better next time around 🫡 🫂

I love this and agree with it so much. 

If you remember, I tried to start my project back in the day on my own, I regretted doing it solo

Yes a complimentary co-founder is critical. Having built 3 starts ups (2 with co-founders) I prefer the later.

Not true: solo founder companies are more likely to succeed, ironically in spite of investors’ conviction that there should be cofounders:

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Not true: solo founder companies are more likely to succeed, ironically in spite of investors’ conviction that there should be cofounders: https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/solo-founders-entrepreneurs-success-nyu-wharton-research.html

Absolutely you should not go it alone. Numbers also support that you’re more likely to be successful as a team over solo founder. 
That being said you really need to choose your team carefully. Something you probably will only learn with experience and still get wrong.

I think you need mentors and to delegate earlier than you feel comfortable.

Being the single point of failure slows down your edge and growth.

Gotta have the yin to your yang who can give brutal feedback with healthy conflict.

I’ve gone solo for 20 years. Can see the pros and cons tbh. In this space I think there is huge value in a more collaborative approach

Agreed. Bouncing ideas and leveraging resources off someone as committed to the cause as you is invaluable

yes, but with good contracts and not with best friends. When money is involved people get weird

Definitely agree. This is especially true for green entrepreneurs. A two headed snake has a bigger appetite and can strike twice as fast.

Currently a solo-founder after multiple times of doing it with partners and let me tell you… it’s just damn hard either way

Hm...I'm torn. In my time I've seen more business partnerships fall apart than succeed. 

And when the ones that fell apart did so in a really, really bad way.

But I do miss not having someone cover my weak spots and bounce stuff back and forth with.