The hardest part of being a solo founder isn't the work

When people think about solo founders, they usually imagine one person doing the work of five people.

Coding.

Sales.

Support.

Product.

Fundraising.

But honestly, the hardest part isn't doing all the jobs.

It's having nobody to absorb uncertainty.

When something works, you don't know if you're overreacting.

When something fails, you don't know if you're underreacting.

Every signal arrives directly into your brain with no buffer.

I've started realizing that a lot of startup building is actually uncertainty management.

Not coding.

Not fundraising.

Not growth.

Just learning how much weight to assign to new information.

Too little and you miss reality.

Too much and you lose coherence.

Still learning that balance every week while building VIDI.