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What It Actually Takes To Build a Startup Solo | 6 VC-Backed Successful Solo Founders
Episode 22
Everyone thinks going solo means answering to no one. Six solo founders behind WorkOS, Fondo, Plug, Lighthouse, Hamlet, and Julius AI say the opposit…
6 hours ago
She Staffed Her 100k-User Startup With AI Agents | Claire Vo, ChatPRD
Episode 20
Claire Vo runs ChatPRD — an AI "Chief Product Officer" for over 100k product managers — as the only full-time human, bootstrapped, with zero venture …
1 week ago
How To Get $1,000 For Your Project, No Strings Attached | Solo Grants
Episode 19
Today we're launching Solo Grants: $100–$1,000 grants, 100% no strings attached, for people building technically ambitious projects solo. Julian sits…
2 weeks ago
She Raised $18M Solo to Kill AI Slop | Thais Castello Branco, Taste Labs
Episode 18
Thais Castello Branco left the AI search company Exa, raised $18.5M, and built Taste Labs -- the "taste layer for AI" -- solo, with one mission: end …
3 weeks ago
Going Solo Should Be the Rule, Not the Exception | Flo Crivello, Lindy
Episode 17
Flo Crivello raised about $50M as a solo founder, then watched the market kill the company he'd built. Instead of quitting, he cut deep, pivoted, and…
4 weeks ago
His Public Company Blew Up. He Came Back Solo. | Francis Davidson, Odessia
Episode 16
Francis Davidson built Sonder into a multi-billion-dollar company, took it public, was pushed out as CEO, and watched it collapse. The same month he …
1 month ago
Sold a Company at 16, Raised $3M at 19 | Dhravya Shah, Supermemory
Episode 15
Dhravya Shah sold his first company at 16 and raised $3M at 19 as the solo founder of Supermemory, the open-source memory and context layer for AI ag…
1 month, 1 week ago
I Asked 5 Massively Successful Founders Why They Went Solo
Episode 14
A $300M company. 30M+ users. Tens of millions in revenue, some raised and some bootstrapped from zero. Software that saves lives. Five founders, zero…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Co-Founder "Blood Bond" Is a Myth | Michael Grinich, WorkOS
Episode 13
Michael Grinich built WorkOS solo — now a $2B company and the enterprise infrastructure behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Replit — with no co-founder. So…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Turning Services Into Software To Move Talent To America | Minn Kim, Lighthouse
Episode 12
Minn Kim runs Lighthouse, the AI-powered immigration firm rebuilding the visa stack for frontier-tech companies. She is solo. She isn't a lawyer. Her…
2 months ago