Many founders choose the factory, and they choose it for understandable reasons: safety in numbers, a clear set of instructions, the comfort of a recognizable path. But a factory has one purpose: to produce more of the same. If you are making Fords, more of the same is good. But
Elad Gil is one of the most respected investors in Silicon Valley — a solo GP with >$1B AUM and an investor in SpaceX, OpenAI, Stripe, and Anduril. In a recent fireside chat, he went after one of the most persistent myths in startups: that you always need a co-founder.
What solo founders should actually consider about geography. Yesterday, 900 people RSVP'd to an event in San Francisco. The line stretched down the street. People were trying unsuccessfully to bribe Wayne Sutton (Head of Community at Convex) to get inside. When the main floor filled, they opened a
Plug is announcing a $20M raise led by LSVP. Here’s the behind-the scenes story of a solo founder with an earned insight and incredible timing. "Co-founder conflict is one of the top killers of a startup, if not the number one killer." Jimmy Douglas spent years at
Welcome to 2026. Our first piece this year is about making progress. It’s an expanded commentary on “Lesson #7” from 25 Lessons from the first year of Solo Founders. There are many creative ways to procrastinate and not get started. One of the least imaginative and industry-endorsed is burning
This year we launched the Solo Founders Program. We believed that building alone was more viable than conventional wisdom suggested. It turned out we were right but off by an order of magnitude. Here are some things we learned about solo founding in 2025: Core Solo Founding Ideas 1. You
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Supermemory is Dhravya in company form. I jokingly suggested Dhravya write “Unforgettable” on the backside of sweatpants with the Supermemory logo and give them out as swag. He took it seriously. A few weeks later, the sweatpants arrived. When people talk about solo founding, they often incorrectly focus on “100%