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It’s liberating but also tiring. Sometimes it’s nice to have someone to lean on. To commiserate with. To share success with. And no one is perfect. It’s nice to have someone fill in your weaknesses. I solo founded once. I won’t do it again. It’s too lonely. And I’m not even a social person.

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Your argument is covered in the article just FYI in case you haven't read it yet.

The argument isn’t a that convincing. Basically, instead of having a good co-founder you could have a bad one. I don’t know enough about the data used to comment on that aspect. Perhaps, statistically, it really is better to found solo. I’m just sharing my personal experience. Having founded solo once, I won’t do it again.

I think the counter argument in the article that was more relevant was the grass is always greener on the other side part. It's hard to form an informed opinion until we've been on both sides.

Though I think it's totally valid to want to try the cofounder approach if you've tried the solo approach and just totally hated it and never want to do it again. I think there are probably also plenty of founders out there who have had a bad cofounder experience and would only consider solo-founding for their next venture.

I guess I should have clarified that I've done both. For me, personally, having co-founders was more fun and more successful. YMMV of course :)

Totally, if you've tried both and vastly preferred one, it's a no brainer. :)

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