Press Space to continue
Press Space to continue
Don't wait on a co-founder to start. @aliansarinik runs micro1, which makes training data and environments for AI labs. The company just announced $700M in ARR. "Just start the thing, get somebody to pay you something and learn." Once you're building, the right people show up. Co-founder or founding team, "whatever label you put on it." "It is so important to have an amazing founding team if you're a solo founder. But you shouldn't wait on a co-founder."
Julian Weisser@julianweisser1d ago
"There are about 150 companies signing up every single day." Ali shut down a $7M run-rate startup to build what's now a $4B company. Solo Founders Podcast ep 31 is live with @aliansarinik of @micro1_ai. 04:10 The first thing he ever sold online 17:30 Three signals it's time to move on 24:40 The all-in Loom that deleted the revenue 31:45 "Only the founding team can inject risk" 35:50 He never knew co-founders existed 43:40 Threads, final actions, zero meetings 53:30 Inside the AI data wars 1:01:50 Why micro1 won't sell to America's adversaries 1:07:30 The case for and against going solo
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