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brudgers on Nov 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can’t Be A Solo Founder. Bullshit

"There’s a plethora of reasons why a business can fail, or not get started."

I am calling "strawman" on this.

There is a plethora of business models suitable for single founders.

Graham's position is that the data show that startups are not among them.

jacquesm on Nov 23, 2012 [–]

> Graham's position is that the data show that startups are not among them.

Actually I don't think that is his position. It is more that it is less likely to succeed.

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