While the founder tries to seek the truth
Ever tried starting something of your own? If no then you may skip reading this piece. Else continue. There are a number of reasons to find a cofounder if you want to start up something. Your initiative will have more than just two hands, your skill set is diversified, investors can trust you better, you can support each other in tough times, blah. blah. This is what the usual blogs bullshit about. One can always overcome these mere things if you are confident about your plan and avoid the pretty useless short cuts. So the question still stands: Does one need a cofounder? The answer is: Yes. The reason lies with absurdism, a school of philosophy lovingly made popular by Albert Camus. Absurdism essentially refers to the conflict existing between the men seeking the meaning of life and the inability of finding any. In early entrepreneurship there exists a similar arrangement. There is a conflict between the founder's idea of the ideal user/market and the inability to achie...