Podcast

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

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 4 with Eugenia Kuyda

Podcast

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

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 3 with Charles Hudson

Podcast

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

Solo Founders Podcast — Episode 2 with Paul Klein IV

Podcast

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

Should you move to San Francisco to build your startup?

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

The Solo Founder Who Timed the Wave

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

Fundraising as a Solo Founder: The Data Proves You Won't Pay a "Solo Tax"

For decades, solo founders have faced a hard reality in fundraising: most investors simply wouldn't back them. As Paul Klein IV from Browserbase puts it: "In the past, a key reason not to be a solo founder was the belief that investors wouldn't back you.

Get Going.

Stop waiting for a co-founder. Learn how solo founders can build momentum, talk to customers, and make meaningful progress by simply getting started.

25 Lessons from the First Year of Solo Founders

Twenty-five lessons from the first year of the Solo Founders Program, covering speed, focus, fundraising, hiring, momentum, and building solo together.

Solo Founders in 2025: Why One Third of All Startups are Flying Solo

Solo founders now start 36.3% of new companies. Explore Carta data behind the rise of solo founding — and why the co-founder default no longer holds.

Profiles

This Solo Founder Can Predict the Future

"2020, running out of money, solo founder, HQ in my makeshift bathroom office. Little did I know Polymarket was going to change the world." Can you predict the future? Shayne Coplan bets that we all can. The NYSE's parent co certainly thinks so, investing $2B in