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Solo Founders

Solo Founders
Solo Founders
Polsia
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Replika
Artificial Intelligence
Browserbase
Wabi
San Francisco
Solo Founding
Russia

The Solo Founder's Podcast features in-depth interviews with solo founders building remarkable companies. Each week, host Julian Weisser sits down with solo founders who are either operating at serious scale or doing something right now that you need to know about. From Series B and beyond to founders breaking out in real-time, these are the conversations that define what it means to build solo. N... more

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Yasser Elsaid was in his last semester of university when he spotted an opportunity most people dismissed: adding custom data to large language models, before ChatGPT even launched. He built the first version of Chatbase in six weeks, got his first S... more

Daniel Francis dropped out of high school, taught himself to code at a DC nonprofit, impersonated a laid-off Twitter employee to work for Elon Musk, and then built Abel Police — AI software that generates police reports from body cam footage, saving ... more

Eugenia Kuyda has spent over a decade building at the frontier of AI consumer products. First by founding Replika in 2014, hitting 30M users in conversational AI before ChatGPT even existed. Now, building Wabi: giving everyone the ability to build pe... more

Charles Hudson is the founder and managing partner of Precursor Ventures, where he's invested in over 500 companies as a solo GP. He shares a data point that challenges the co-founder consensus: 25-30% of his portfolio companies lose a co-founder bef... more

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Recent Guests

Eugenia Kuyda
Founder of Replika; founder of Wabi
Replika, Wabi
Episode: 30M Users, No Co-Founder | Eugenia Kuyda (Replika, Wabi)
Charles Hudson
Founder/GP at Precursor Ventures (investor interviewed)
Precursor Ventures
Episode: How To Fundraise As A Solo Founder | Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Paul Klein IV
Founder/CEO of Browserbase
Browserbase
Episode: From 498 Rejections to a $300M Company | Paul Klein IV (Browserbase)
Ben Cera
Founder/CEO of Polsia
Polsia
Episode: 1.5M ARR, Zero (Human) Employees | Ben Cera (Polsia)

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Julian Weisser
Host of Solo Founders and associated iterations (Solo Founders / The Solo Founders Podcast)

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How To Fundraise As A Solo Founder | Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Q: How should Solo Founders approach fundraising and handling investor rejection?
Solo Founders should expect rejection, understand whether the investor backs Solo Founders, and frame their narrative around using equity to build a world-class team and leveraging being a solo founder as a superpower rather than a liability.
How To Fundraise As A Solo Founder | Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Q: What is the strongest case for Solo Founding, and what advantages do solo founders typically enjoy?
The strongest case is speed and clarity in vision, with solo founders able to move quickly and maintain a strong sense of authorship and ownership, which can be highly energizing and empowering.
How To Fundraise As A Solo Founder | Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures)
Q: What is the bare case against being a Solo Founder, and what are the biggest drawbacks to consider?
The bare case centers on overwhelming complexity, needing extreme discipline and prioritization, and the risk of critical tasks slipping through the cracks when there is no co-founder to share accountability.
1.5M ARR, Zero (Human) Employees | Ben Cera (Polsia)
Q: Why build a market-enabled tool for others to create businesses instead of just building more businesses yourself?
The guest explains that scaling through a platform enables a broader impact, allowing many people to experiment with ideas and learn rapidly from AI-driven iterations, which accelerates innovation beyond what one founder could achieve alone.

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This show features in-depth conversations with solo founders who are scaling meaningful ventures and actively shaping the startup landscape. Across interviews, recurring themes include navigating equity and leadership when there's no co-founder, building scalable culture from the ground up, and leveraging storytelling and personal brand to attract talent, customers, and investors. A notable throughline is the practical, real-world lens on fundraising, hiring, and product development for solo leaders, often with insights on leveraging AI or emerging tech to augment capability without diluting founder identity. The mix of founder-centric lessons, candid reflections on risk and resilience, and emphasis on authentic, founder-driven strategy mak... more

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