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Alright tomorrow is the 123rd (!!) week in a row of Builders who Run. Crissy Field 5k. 9am. All paces welcome. Coffee after. Builders only. RSVP in bio.
If you're the one communicating and the person on the other end doesn't understand you, that's your fault. Julian Weisser (@julianweisser), who ran 27 founder cohorts at ODF (@joinodf) and now hosts his own founder interviews, says he never reviews conversations after the fact, even though transcription and video make that possible now. He credits Richard Feynman's idea that if you truly understand something, you can explain it to anyone from a four-year-old to an eighty-four-year-old. "You can tell by somebody's facial expression: do they get it, do they not get it." Full episode:youtu.be/7ku8WVvAmyc?si…
New pod drop! Full circle - I met Julian (@julianweisser) almost 10 years ago in ODF 1 (~100 people, in person in SF). They’re on cohort 27 now, wild! He also recently launched Solo Founders (@solofounders) - we love to see it! We cover: - From Jazz to startups: let people
New pod drop! Full circle - I met Julian (@julianweisser) almost 10 years ago in ODF 1 (~100 people, in person in SF). They’re on cohort 27 now, wild! He also recently launched Solo Founders (@solofounders) - we love to see it! We cover: - From Jazz to startups: let people play their own instruments - Giving early employees high equity - Co-founders aren’t forever — they have seasons - “If they don’t get it, that’s your fault” - Music school → On Deck → Solo Founders - Biggest risk isn’t dilution. It’s co-founder conflict - Life philosophy: keep going so much more! Timestamps (00:00) Trailer (00:51) Julian Weisser, Founder, Solo Founders (02:06) Calling his old jazz taste "musical masturbation" (20:17) 27 cohorts, thousands of founders, more reps than any VC (35:50) The $400K co-founder payout demand (39:45) The Hacker News post that led to Dropbox's first employee (44:45) Golden Gate Park was built from sand dunes (54:50) Why co-founders have seasons, not forever contracts (58:53) The "oddballs" who never wanted co-founders, including Loyal's Celine Halioua (1:00:59) Co-founders are the car phone. Solo founders are the cell phone. (1:06:47) Why owning less equity can mean more freedom (1:16:18) His two-word life philosophy: keep going (1:16:34) Outro Link - youtu.be/7ku8WVvAmyc
Have been looking forward to this one: Dave Morin on the Solo Founders Podcast. @davemorin was early at Facebook where he worked closely with Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's developer platforms. Now he’s working with some of the top solo founders at Offline Ventures like Ben from Polsia and also chairs the OpenClaw foundation. 07:58 YouTube can be your co-founder 08:57 "I'm a producer, not an investor" 16:19 What Jony Ive told him when Steve Jobs died 18:50 The first twelve hours with @openclaw 34:15 "Am I crazy?" three months before @polsia 45:48 The 10,000-dinners test 53:32 The worst way solo founders fail 55:18 Just start
Five solo founders called in to work through what they're stuck on. One had over 1M+ users and it was time to figure out monetization while preserving the community spirit. Solo Founders Podcast ep 27 is live: Open Office Hours. 01:04 Utkarsh Dalal - 1.25M users, a few hundred paying 05:44 "User trust doesn't matter if you don't exist" 08:30 Ryan Junejo - one week into being solo 21:31 Don't be the best. Be the only. 24:13 Charlie Kahn - the features they ask for vs. the brain they don't 28:28 They're asking for jobs to be done 36:06 Andy Wang - a second pair of hands, or don't split your time? 39:37 Ship the mind before the body
Solo Founders Open Office Hours x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
The wrong co-founder leaves you 50% as good as you could be. @FounderLaberge never had a co-founder. Instead, he taught himself spectroscopy and raised $41.5M to put sensors inside Al data centers (at 20). Solo Founders Podcast ep 25 is live with Zach Laberge of @TryOmenAI. 16:51 Shutting down his first company at 18 22:05 $3M raised in three days 26:11 Engines don't break - hydraulics do 33:51 "You're an idiot": six months early on data centers 37:55 Solo by default 45:13 The greatest fundraising market in history 52:58 The bear case for solo founding 59:05 Why no co-founder made him 10x better
application volume going vertical this time.
Solo founding is different. We've built the place for it. Applications for @solofounders program's 5th cohort close August 31st. • Solo founders building "solo, together" • 3 months in SF (+ optional housing) • work closely with me + alumni • $100k investment Apply!
We're going live Thursday for 1:1s w/ 5 solo founders on whatever they're currently stuck on. Apply to be one of the five or register to watch live: luma.com/solo-qi6x
Tomorrow builders run Golden Gate Park. 9am. All paces welcome. Coffee after. Builders only. RSVP in bio.
@julianweisser @aldormous @chaaai @NamanyayG @DhravyaShah I recognize some ODF alumni!
80% of the Solo Founders Program's first cohort were ODF alumni. Hear about their experiences building solo, together:
It’s the one year anniversary of the Solo Founders Program. The first cohort sat down to talk about building solo, together. Ep 24 is live w/ @aldormous, @chaaai, @NamanyayG, and @DhravyaShah. 07:01 "Retention is growth" 12:53 Pulling the thread through three ideas 21:15 Free
Calling all founders with an idea - codegen has made it such that you can start solo. Just get going. Talk to Julian!
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 for not / building in deep tech) DM me about the upcoming Solo Founders Program
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 for not / building in deep tech) DM me about the upcoming Solo Founders Program
Big news for Preview! Congrats @fejes713 and crew!
@PeterJ_Walker @OpenRouter Congrats Peter! Thank you (and the Carta team!) for welcoming many cohorts into the office and sharing so much in the way of knowledge and resources.
Impossible to overstate how foundational Peter is to the startup ecosystem. His ability to start and contextualize important discussions has done tremendous good. Peter: proud to partner with you across ODF and Solo Founders. Love reading all of the congratulatory tweets.
Life update - last day here at Carta. Building insights on startups and venture has been the most intellectually engaging work I've ever done. What a freaking blast. Up next - headed to @OpenRouter to tell data stories about AI and learn from some ridiculously smart ppl 🙏
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