{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Solo Founders","title":"What It Actually Takes To Build a Startup Solo | 6 VC-Backed Successful Solo Founders","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fa2e5f4d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1271,"description":"Everyone thinks going solo means answering to no one. Six solo founders behind WorkOS, Fondo, Plug, Lighthouse, Hamlet, and Julius AI say the opposite: you have more bosses, not fewer, and the job is convincing all of them. Julian revisits the six moments that deserved more attention the first time around.\nTopics covered:\n- Why going solo means more convincing, not less (Rahul Sonwalkar, Julius AI)\n- The original-insight test: \"if you don't have one, don't start\" (Sunil Rajaraman, Hamlet)\n- The \"wrong\" business model behind a 16-to-429 hockey stick (Jimmy Douglas, Plug)\n- The $40,000 filter that picked David Phillips' company for him (Fondo)\n- How services scale like software now (Minn Kim, Lighthouse)\n- Why sales is the one job a founder should never hand off early (Michael Grinich, WorkOS)\nFeaturing clips from Julian's conversations with all six founders. Full episodes at solofounders.com and on the Solo Founders YouTube channel.","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}