Love that article, and really well put together. I also believe that everyone can be a solo founder, but I also think that it takes a lot of grit and persistence to overcome those things that hold you back as it confronts you with who you are at the deepest and it is those aspects you mentioned that we learn who we are in the process and what we need from outside help in form of AI, people, tools to complement us to bring the whole needed package to the table to so
Ve our customers pain points and build a viable business.
Awesome article, thanks for sharing this! I was just talking to a founder about this today as well 😅 as you say, it’s just so important to find the right team and strike the right balance
Not sure AI can actually be the opposite though, or if it depends entirely on the setup. Left to defaults, I could see it drifting toward agreeing with me rather than actually pushing back the way a real detail-oriented co-founder would. Feels like you'd have to deliberately engineer the disagreement in, not just hope it shows up.
Oh yes you have to engineer it. A standard rule I follow when I build any skill/agent or even when I use a simple chat is to ask the AI to give me three perspectives: the supporter, the contrarian, and the realist. The final perspective I get is a version that stems from these three.
Cool piece, love the video game map analogy. It happens so often to me considering problems I don't have yet. I'm tiring myself lol
Oh I am still the same. I need to actively stop myself from thinking about the next 1 year and just focus on the next 1 month. It is super tiring!
Love that article, and really well put together. I also believe that everyone can be a solo founder, but I also think that it takes a lot of grit and persistence to overcome those things that hold you back as it confronts you with who you are at the deepest and it is those aspects you mentioned that we learn who we are in the process and what we need from outside help in form of AI, people, tools to complement us to bring the whole needed package to the table to so
Ve our customers pain points and build a viable business.
Yes, very well said Frederike. Thank you for your kind words!
Awesome article, thanks for sharing this! I was just talking to a founder about this today as well 😅 as you say, it’s just so important to find the right team and strike the right balance
Oh absolutely!
Not sure AI can actually be the opposite though, or if it depends entirely on the setup. Left to defaults, I could see it drifting toward agreeing with me rather than actually pushing back the way a real detail-oriented co-founder would. Feels like you'd have to deliberately engineer the disagreement in, not just hope it shows up.
Oh yes you have to engineer it. A standard rule I follow when I build any skill/agent or even when I use a simple chat is to ask the AI to give me three perspectives: the supporter, the contrarian, and the realist. The final perspective I get is a version that stems from these three.