Personal Opinion Alert: Being a Solo Founder Sucks - Ben's 1x1x1 - March 14, 2025 🚀
For those of you that are new here, every week I send what I call a 1x1x1.
One thought from my week.
One interesting find/tool from my week.
One image from my life.
Let’s dive in 👇
Thought from the week
Personal Opinion Alert: Being a Solo Founder Sucks
Yeah, yeah, I know.
Some people love the solo grind.
Just them, their laptop, and a steady diet of caffeine and YouTube motivational videos.
And sure, I get the appeal: You keep 100% of the upside. You make every decision. No co-founder drama.
But personally?
I’d trade all of that in a heartbeat to build cool stuff with cool people I love spending time with.
Im not going to drop a fat pros and cons list for you.
If you are on the fence on bringing in partners, you know my take.
Life is short.
Find people who make work fun, who challenge you, who make the wins sweeter and the losses less painful.
Business is just a game.
Might as well play with teammates who make every day a blast.
Shoutout to Andy and Andrew.
You guys make this whole thing way more fun.
Appreciate you dudes!
Interesting find/tool of the week
Nothing interesting enough to report this week!
Image from my life
My buddy Gabe gave me a little VIP tour of the Specialized Bikes HQ this week.
Basically, I got to walk around pretending I was an important person while trying not to drool on the $15,000 bikes.