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$20M Series A. 14 Failed Go-To-Markets. EVs Were "Dead." Jimmy Douglas, Plug

Introduction The press was calling EVs dead. The Inflation Reduction Act incentives had just expired. Roughly $20 billion in EV investment between the OEMs and the federal government had been cancelled. Demand looked like it had been pulled forward into the prior quarter, and what remained was a vacuum. In

The Secret $2 Trillion Market Close To Home with Sunil Rajaraman, Hamlet

Introduction Two trillion dollars of economic activity flows through local government every year. City councils decide it. Planning commissions decide it. Public comment systems nobody attends decide it. And almost no founder will touch the market. This week's guest is the rare exception. Sunil is the founder and

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1 in 3 Companies Are Now Solo-Founded. The Co-Founder Era Is Ending.

For the first time ever, more than one in three new companies are being started solo. Five years ago, that number was under 25%. The default is quietly flipping in plain sight.  This week the host becomes the guest. Julian Weisser — who spent years helping people find co-founders through On

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He Quit Uber, Beat ChatGPT At Harvard, And Went Solo Building AI | Rahul Sonwalkar (Julius AI)

Introduction Harvard Business School benchmarked Julius AI head-to-head against ChatGPT for its required "Data Science and AI for Leaders" MBA course. Julius won. All 935 first-year HBS students now use it to analyze data in plain English. The product has over two million users. It's backed

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$9M ARR, Zero Investors: Yasser Elsaid on Bootstrapping Chatbase as a Solo Founder

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 6 with Yasser Elsaid

Solo Founders: Give More Equity!

Solo founders have a massive structural advantage that most of them are wasting: equity. When you start a company solo, you own 100% of it. No co-founder split, no 50/50, no negotiation over who gets more. According to Carta data in our State of Solo Founding report, solo founders

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Don't Be Greedy With Equity: Daniel Francis on Solo Founding and Building for Police

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 5 with Daniel Francis

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Avoiding The Co-Founder Trap: Eugenia Kuyda on Co-Founder Myths and Why Authorship Matters

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 4 with Eugenia Kuyda

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The Solo GP Backing Solo Founders: Charles Hudson on Fundraising as a Solo Founder

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 3 with Charles Hudson

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From 500 Rejections to a $300M Company: Paul Klein IV on Solo Founding Browserbase

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 2 with Paul Klein IV

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80% AI, 20% Taste: Ben Cera on the Future of Solo Founding

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 1 with Ben Cera

Solo Founders Are Leaving This Hiring Advantage on the Table

For decades, the conventional wisdom about solo founders and hiring has harped on a single note: you're at a disadvantage. They'll say that without a co-founder to share the load, you'll scramble to hire. Without a technical partner, you'll struggle to attract