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San Francisco, CA Katılım Ekim 2016
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weisser@julianweisser·
Just met a founder who got royally screwed by a "VC" Worse, the lawyers they talked to in India before signing the docs assured him the terms were customary. I built a free tool to evaluate investor terms and avoid these catastrophic issues. Like/reply if you want access.
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@julianweisser So many horror stories of founders not understanding that "customary" is usually anything but!
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weisser@julianweisser·
He had 4 co-founder breakups across 4 startups. Then he went solo and hit $10M ARR. Solo Founders Podcast ep 11 is live with @davj of @fondocom. 05:04 Refounding Fondo with $40K left 09:00 The investor email that pivoted the company 17:03 Find one investor who's in your corner 20:44 The $40K filter that surfaced Fondo from a list 28:37 Bezos heuristic: build for what stays the same 34:04 Why one big customer wasn't product-market fit 36:00 Delaware franchise tax: 100 free filings → first 10 customers 49:22 Your co-founder lives in Claude now
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guglielmo@_guglielmo·
we're writing $100k checks in solo founders dm me if: > people think you dream too big > your customers love what you are building > you don't wait for permission, you just get started no resume, just show us you are moving really really fast.
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ODF@joinodf·
Jimmy Douglas has been focused on used electric vehicles since his days leading the division at Tesla. After ODF1, he set out to build Plug (marketplace for EVs) teaming up with the marketplace masters at Floodgate. They're now on track for $100M in revenue.
weisser@julianweisser

He quit Tesla to start a company but it wasn't a smooth ride. It took 14 (!!) GTM pivots but now he's on track for $100M this year. Solo Founders Podcast ep 10 is live with @jimmydouglas of @plugmotors. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 06:52 Running the largest used-EV operation in the world 13:25 Disprove, don't validate: the Tesla muscle 15:30 Reality doesn't negotiate / 14 GTM pivots 20:35 The fake-board-meeting question, 16 to 429 sellers 26:03 "You must have a co-founder" is the worst factory setting 37:46 Lost $3K on the first sale: what market pull feels like 44:12 Raising a Series A in the EV hellhole 52:09 Self-manufactured constraints: Elon's superpower 01:03:11 SaaS apocalypse and the new venture playbook

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Noémie@FedericoNoemie·
Moving to SF changed my life. In the last 2 years, I paid it forward and helped hundreds of founders relocate to do their life's work. I want to work with you & invest $100K if you: - are building solo - feel what you’re building is a calling - have paying users who love you
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ari dutilh@aridutilh·
we're investing $100,000 in solo founders building something that feels like their calling. paying customers are great but not required if moonshot. dm me if this is you – let's work together.
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weisser@julianweisser·
I want to work with you (and invest $100k) if you… 1/ are building solo 2/ feel what you’re building is a calling, not work 3/ have paying customers (or have a good reason you don’t yet / building a moonshot) DM me about the upcoming Solo Founders Program
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weisser@julianweisser·
I spent 7 years helping people finding co-founders (1,000 startups, $10B) Then I went all-in on Solo Founders. Solo Founders Podcast ep 8 live. I swapped seats and was interviewed by @davj (solo founder of @Fondocom) We talk about: 01:46 The Co-Founder Myth & Origins of ODF 06:23 The Moment That Sparked Solo Founders 08:30 The New $100K Investment 12:31 Why There's No Demo Day 17:34 Solo Founders Program 20:59 Why Startups Really Implode 27:15 The Solo Founding Trend & Denominator Delusion 30:55 When to Raise a Seed Round 32:10 True Solo, Free Solo, Juiced Solo 36:40 The Tailwinds Behind Solo Founding 40:03 The Bear Case for Solo Founding 43:12 The Bull Case: The Company Only Dies If You Do 47:14 Solo Together, Not Solo Alone 49:08 Outro & How to Apply
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weisser@julianweisser·
6 pivots. Cease-and-desist from Microsoft. Then Harvard picked his AI over ChatGPT. Solo Founders Podcast ep 7 is live with @0interestrates of @juliusai. We talk about: How Rahul ended up solo The football analogy for building momentum Why 8/10 co-founder teams are fighting in private "I need to be the worst coder on the team" Why "less cash, more equity" is a green flag Six pivots and the Microsoft cease-and-desist Why Sam Altman can't sell you a pen (but can sell you AGI) Rahul's bear and bull case for solo founding
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weisser@julianweisser·
The Solo Founders Program turns one today. Many say you need a co-founder to get started. They're wrong. The best founders have never waited around for a co-founder. Will you?
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weisser@julianweisser·
$9M ARR. No VC. Solo founder. Solo Founders Podcast ep 6 is live with @yasser_elsaid_ of Chatbase. We talk about: 00:03 Discovering RAG before ChatGPT existed 11:44 First Stripe payment 30 minutes after launch 14:37 "Free solo" founding, beyond indie hacking 27:39 Why bootstrapping changes the definition of success 35:37 The "benevolent dictatorship" of solo founding 44:43 Scaling bootstrapped, profitability from day one 54:14 The B2B playbook: pricing, content, cold outbound 1:08:20 Bear and bull case for solo founding
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Solo Founders@solofounders·
"If you come work with this company, one thing we want to give you is brand equity." Small fraction of the team (they're hiring!) behind the launch: @brickywhat @shreypandya @linderps @whereischarly @harsehaj @tinathetechie @liammatteson @kylejeong @derekmeegan @peytoncasper
Paul Klein IV@pk_iv

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ODF@joinodf·
Congrats, @aroraharshita33! Inspiring to see both AtoB's and your personal success since ODF3.
Y Combinator@ycombinator

We're excited to welcome Harshita Arora (@aroraharshita33) as YC's newest General Partner! She started coding at 13, built and sold her first app as a teenager, and later co-founded AtoB (YC S20), a Series C company building financial infrastructure for the trucking industry, now serving 30,000+ fleets—and became YC’s youngest Visiting Partner. Now she's bringing that experience to support YC founders. ycombinator.com/blog/welcome-h…

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@julianweisser Looking at the top ODF companies, the only thing they have in common is how much they went against Factory beliefs: - co-founders who hadn't worked together previously - solo founders - building in "terrible" markets - remote teams - bootstrapping to massive outcomes
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weisser@julianweisser·
Her best friend passed away. She built an AI to keep talking to him. Now 30M people use Replika. Solo Founders Podcast ep 4 is live with @ekuyda. Former journalist, now 2x solo founder, who's been building consumer AI since 2014. As if Replika wasn't ambitious enough, she just raised $20M for @wabi to help people create personal software. Her take: storytelling is the rarest founder skill. Vision comes from one person. Don't dilute authorship by randomly assigning co-founder titles to make VCs happy. 00:12 Is there really one founder calling the shots anyway? 01:58 Why "designed by committee" fails 03:28 Origin story: from early language models to Replika 22:57 Why people feel blocked without co-founders 25:32 The co-founder pressure trap 34:33 Authorship vs team sport 41:02 Wabi, creativity, and personal software 59:22 Building elite teams as a solo founder 01:09:03 The bear case for solo 01:11:59 The bull case for solo
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