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You Need A Co-Founder transcript
Dalton + Michael · @daltonplusmichael
Published September 25, 20261:2712.7K views
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a company is winning, you might not understand the value they create for their customers, but don't dismiss it to zero. >> Well, that's the classic thing of um dismissing a product because the design is bad. >> Yeah, man. This HRS looks like crap.
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of founders is, "What do you think is the failure rate for a series B company?" Because like I think in their minds before I ask the question, they think every series B company wins. And then after I ask it, they're like, "I guess mathematically that wouldn't work."
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it is hard to feel like you're working on something where a lot of people think it's a bad idea. That's hard. And I like talking about this because you should brace yourself for that. Like, that is 100% the experience of
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329
Runtime
1:27
Speaking pace
227wpm
Reading time
1min
227 words per minute, above the 201 75th percentile of 349 measured videos. That distribution comes from the 349-video hook study.
Opening (first 30 seconds)
The number one cause of death when you're a founder is it just sort of dies on the vine and you run out of hope and you give up on it >> losing the faith. >> And the issue of not having a co-founder is you don't have anyone to talk about and you don't feel like you're on a mission. You don't feel like you're on adventure. >> Yes, >> not having a co-founder is fine for a lot of people. So again, I don't want to get turn this into debate where we say >> but pooling the faith [laughter] >> is is very helpful and the numbers >> don't lie about
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| Measure | This transcript |
|---|---|
| Sentences | 22 |
| Average words per sentence | 15.0 |
| Longest sentence | 35 words |
| Questions asked | 1 |
| Sentences containing a number | 0 |
Most used terms
- founder5
- co4
- co founder4
- sat4
- feel3
- faith2
- laughter2
- lot2
- people2
- reason2
- relationships2
- talk2
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Transcript
The number one cause of death when you're a founder is it just sort of dies on the vine and you run out of hope and you give up on it >> losing the faith. >> And the issue of not having a co-founder is you don't have anyone to talk about and you don't feel like you're on a mission. You don't feel like you're on adventure. >> Yes, >> not having a co-founder is fine for a lot of people. So again, I don't want to get turn this into debate where we say >> but pooling the faith [laughter] >> is is very helpful and the numbers >> don't lie about this. as the outcomes are there. >> So, I love this setup because what we're the reason why we're making this video is not to convince you the answer to the SAT question is don't have a coach. >> Don't take the SAT.
We're [laughter] like, the SAT is hard. Don't take the SAT, Michael. That's the >> the reason why we're making this video is that doing this thing that we think you should do, we're going to give you some hints when you hit some rocks. >> And maybe let's put a final point on the why you should have a co-founder bit. Let's put it this way. We know a lot of the single founders that have been successful as well and sometimes we funded them at YC. >> Yes. >> All of those people created co-founder like >> relationships >> environments and relationships that did fill the void.
So whether it was employees, whether it was advisers, whether it was friends, there was no way you can get around not having someone to talk to all the time to bounce ideas off of. No. >> Right. Anything to add there? >> And I feel like those stories are just like because they don't make the headline story, they're not told. Yeah.
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