{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Solo Founders","title":"The Co-Founder \"Blood Bond\" Is a Myth | Michael Grinich, WorkOS","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4257,"description":"Michael Grinich built WorkOS solo — now a $2B company and the enterprise infrastructure behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Replit — with no co-founder. So when he says \"it's not the blood bond it was made out to be,\" it lands. This conversation is his case against the ride-or-die co-founder myth, the question he thinks actually matters before you start a company, and the honest bear and bull case for going it alone.Topics covered:Why co-founders aren't a blood bond — and \"are you the one who holds it forever?\"The founder \"mental disorder,\" and why you only need one person who has itThe bear and bull case for solo founding — from John Lennon to \"the company is a mirror\"How to pick the idea: a notebook, four filters, and lessons borrowed from stand-up comedyWhy \"pivots are the most traumatic thing you can do to a business\"The case for founder-led sales — and hiring a head of sales as a partner, not a handoffGuest: Michael Grinich — solo founder and CEO of WorkOS, the infrastructure that makes startups enterprise-ready.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Mj10Aagf8Fn8vlPjgqrVjy6o35AHmBKx1tPfNCCPiYo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWE2/Y2E3NGM5MjYxYmQ1/Njk2YjU5YTlkMmMw/OTZmYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}