I prefer to have a 2-3 people founding team. But its so difficult to find partners especially when all my school friends are married and busy working for large companies.
We are in the same boat. I am 30+ techie & marketing person. Most of my school friends are happily married and are busy with their jobs in large corporations. I am kindof a misfit when it comes to living a "normal" life of 9-5 job. I have tried 4 times to start new company...and failed all 4 times. Left the job last year and started another company. It was moderately successful (Ramen profitable). But I know its limits..it will not be more than Ramen successful. Now I am trying to start another company. But I know that I can not pull this project off by myself. I need a team. And its so darn hard to build a team. Went to meetups, startup weekends, hackathons etc etc. No luck. I even tried elance and odesk. They are not very useful for startups anyway. How do people find partners to build a company?
Yes, in the sense that they've accepted single founders before.
> How can I increase my chance as a sole founder?
Find a co-founder ;)
> Why is there this bias against sole founders?
Because they have the data to back up the assertion that multiple founders makes a startup more likely to succeed.