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Applying to YC as a Single Founder

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Re: Applying to YC as a Single Founder

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I don't have the time or funds for an incubator yet, but I have helped fund two single founders so far, and am open to doing more.

I'm a single founder who's had success, and am toying around with the idea of starting an incubator. Wouldn't mind a partner this time around -- the single founder way is great for utmost control but sometimes you need someone to help you see the forest for the trees.

as a single founder (non-tech to boot!) I'd love to see that - but why limit yourself to a sub-batch of entrepreneurs? Why not just be a single-founder friendly incubator?

There are benefits to targeting a niche, common problems through the group, easier to market the incubator to a group, differentiation to other incubators.

From my point of view I would love to see a go-to place for single founders, if there's one thing we could use it's others to talk to where friends/family just don't cut it!

Re: Applying to YC as a Single Founder

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Brilliant, I was not aware of these facts.

More recently, Omar Hamoui was a solo founder of AdMob, which sold to Google for $750 million Andrew Mason was a solo founder of Groupon, started with $1 million seed money from a former employer.

Do we all realize that Mark Z... is actually a single founder ?!

Re: Applying to YC as a Single Founder

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More recently, Omar Hamoui was a solo founder of AdMob, which sold to Google for $750 million Andrew Mason was a solo founder of Groupon, started with $1 million seed money from a former employer.

Do we all realize that Mark Z... is actually a single founder ?!

That's up for debate. Zuckerberg did early hacking on his own, but he started the company with Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes.
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