Today we're announcing applications for cohort five. We'll select about a dozen founders, invest $100K in each company, and I'll work closely with every one. We kick off September 10th.
Most people treat solo founding as a constraint to work around.
We believe the opposite: it's becoming the default way great companies get started.
That's why we built the Solo Founders Program.
Three months in San Francisco, building solo, together. Alumni describe it as having co-founders, but getting to make every call themselves.
Four cohorts in, we're seeing what that produces:
One founder passed 20,000 GitHub stars and 3 million downloads.
Another crossed $2M in ARR before making a single hire.
A third secured a formal partnership with a major U.S. government institution 5 months after incorporating.
Demand keeps climbing. Our first cohort got 1,000 applications for six spots. Our fourth got 4,500 for ten.
If someone came to mind while reading this, forward it to them.
Solo, together.
Julian
