All Blog Posts Tagged 'founders' (2)

One of my partners called me while I was right in the middle of a very important business meeting. He knew I was in the meeting but he called me anyway. I don’t usually take calls during meetings but I figured it must be very important or he wouldn't have called to interrupt.

“Hey, what’s up?” I said in a somewhat annoyed voice because…

What is the optimum number of founders for a startup? Based on my empirical experience in investing into more than 25 companies, the magical number is three. Startups are hard enough as it is -- you need to have enough founders on the team to get the company off the launching pad. But too many cooks in the kitchen can ruin a meal.

One is not enough -- most of the time.

Starting a startup all alone is a nightmare. It's not easy but it…