[latishsehgal]

I have been trying to bootstrap a one man software shop for the last 2 years and recently released v2 of the software. How I usually explain it to my "work" friends is that the highs are higher and the lows are lower while trying to do everything yourself. I would have jumped at the opportunity of having a cofounder for that reason, but never found the right people interested.

[MCRed]

You're making a good point- you never found the right person.

Alas, PG's essay has come to be takend as "you must have a cofounder or you aren't serious" with little attention paid to finding the right person.

The right person is damn hard to find.

And when "not having a co founder means nobody believed in you" (the converse of what he actually said) then any co founder becomes the right cofounder.

This is the problem with HN, and even YC to a lesser extent-it's become cargo cultism based on PGs essays, propagated by people who have little to no experience in Startups.

[latishsehgal]

I am guessing his intentions were "You must have a cofounder to have better odds of surviving"?. I always use the marriage analogy for finding a cofounder. I love being married and would recommend it to other folks if they find the right person, but wouldn't recommend it just for the heck of it.