I started out on my own and it was very tough to begin with, once you can hire someone it really does help to have someone to talk through problems with.
Even though I started on my own I managed to get some part time mentor type people to support me, without advice from some kind of objective outsider I think it is exceedingly tough to make good decisions.
you don't really address anything to do with being a solo-founder in your article. sure your subject to external pressures like everyone, but the benefits of having co-founders allows you different perspectives. It forces you to challenge your own ideas and opinions, sometimes for good, some for bad, but your questioning.
The danger of doing it on your own is you can often go un-challenged and unless your very disciplined it will be easy to go often down a path that may not be the best direction
- Some single founder companies are successful
- Evidence/experience suggests companies with multiple founders are more likely to be successful
- Y Combinator does fund single founder companies
That's it folks. Nothing to see here except, presumably, someone trying to get some traffic by positing a stance that PG doesn't actually hold.