| Serial Solo Founder here... Done many solo startups (offline and online) over the years. 1. Organization & discipline. Set your hours. It reduces stress and the free time gives you perspective. Even with a team, you probably won't have anyone to share your ups/downs with. But with a successful startup and/or team, you will have more time to spend meeting other founders and you must do that for your own sanity. 2. I have given up not for days, but months. Lost, searching for the passion that slowly vanished after days, weeks and months of a flawed process and lifestyle. No one to speak to. You even start to feel weird, for lack of better word, around others when you do get out there. You must keep your eye on the prize. There is a difference between business and busy-ness. Don't confuse the two. Lastly, as a founder, you must take your products to market. It is essential for an entrepreneur to receive validation (or rejection) from the market. The less you take your ideas to market to more you will depend on others to fill those voids, which does you no good in the grand scheme of being a founder. Best of luck. |