Michael Sattler's videos and podcasts

Ten days ago I wrote that the solo founder myth needs to die. A reader pushed back with the best obj...

I've founded six ventures and collaborated on dozens more. Here's what I've learned from every singl...

Fractional technologists are a far better option for startups than "finding a cofounder." The model ...

Fractional executives on the rise. This makes a ton of sense in a fast-moving world:

Startups don't die because they're bad ideas, they die from not being able to answer the five questi...

Everyone circling your startup wants a return, a job, or a stake. The one person you actually need j...

You've already spent a fortune building your new business in your head, so keeping it to yourself is...

The idea of the solo founder is a romantic lie, and the cure isn't a cofounder for life, it's the ri...

If your best feature idea came to you on a dog walk, odds are you'll keep building until someone wit...

How can I find a technical cofounder?

The Generative Startup

Substack

That’s bad advice and always has been. When people hear ‘technical cofounder,’ they often think of a...

New essay below. 👇Scale anxiety is the thing nobody warns founders about, and it's usually handed to...

SHIPPED THIS WEEK as your next fractional technical co-founder: Product Market Forge. Lovable and C...

New series: Cofounder-Grade. Thirty seconds. No voiceover. Just the tech I built that runs a real bu...

There's a conversation I keep having, and it goes like this. A founder shows me their prototype. It...

Thirty startups in, I've been the technical cofounder, I've been the guy getting pitched by the less...

AI-native ideas are blowing up. Prototypes are fun and easy to build. But a lot of would-be entrepre...