You Don't Need A Team

Lone capitalists

“Teamwork makes the dream work!”

“Recruit a killer team!”

We are taught that great movements only happen with the power of a team.

But maybe this universally accepted truth— is wrong.

Walk alone— and out of the city gates

Do you need a team?

Or can a single person change the world?

Two years ago, the answer to this question would have been a certain no.

But now, the answer to this question is— yes.

One person can stand alone and change the world.

With software, the average engineer is now a world-class builder.

With software, the average salesperson is now a world-class closer.

There are limits today, you can’t run a billion-dollar company by yourself— yet.

But in the next few years, you will be able to.

While everyone plays politics in expensive offices— you execute

Want to add a feature?

Other companies have to debate and talk among themselves to decide on changes.

Then have their designers and engineers implement the changes.

This results in months before a new feature is added.

If you want to add a new feature— you just do it.

No meetings— just action

It is not just a speed advantage though, rolling solo is also a capital advantage.

It is common that payroll cost is double or triple revenue at startups.

Invest the millions everyone spends on headcount into growing revenue and automation.

Companies are bloated and inefficient— especially most startups.

How is a company of 100+ people going to compete with one fully augmented person?

A lone capitalist’s decisions are amplified and executed through software, making them stand out like Iron Man in a world of normal soldiers.

Need to design a website?

Use Unicorn Platform.

Need to write code?

Use ChatGPT and Copilot.

Need to build a sales strategy?

Use Lavender, Gong, and Shadow.

Everything you need exists— you just have to find it.

The next era of founders are lone capitalists with specialized knowledge of their industry and generalized knowledge in design, programming, marketing, and sales.

These lone capitalists will run billion-dollar companies…

With zero employees or contractors— instead investing in software.

Is this software expensive?

Yes.

Does it cost magnitudes less per year than millions in employee salaries?

Absolutely.

Challenge universal “truths”— reject dogma

Everyone believes that you need a team.

But you should be skeptical of any universally accepted truth.

In a world where the status quo is teamwork— maybe the answer is to go solo.