Omar Zenhom argues that successful entrepreneurs don't work alone. He credits his wife, team, and network from MicroConf for his growth, calling the myth of the solo founder "stupid" and urging people to build real communities instead.
No one does it alone. I was lucky enough to work with my wife, who's also my partner in business, and we had a great team. We built a great team of incredibly talented, hardworking, ambitious people. But it's not only that. It was the people that we met at conferences like this. You can't do this alone. You need partners. You need affiliates. You need vendors. You need people to cheer you on. You need somebody to pick you up when you're down. I'm tired on X people beating on their chest and being proud. I got a million-dollar business as a solopreneur. Look at me. That's just stupid. I'm sorry. That's buying yourself a job. That's not entrepreneurship. And that's doing business on hard mode. Like, why are you doing this? So as much as possible, incorporate like a great community like MicroConf, build a team, find that network that's going to help you. I've had so much help from other people that I met at conferences like this, people that were a few steps ahead of me, people that saw themselves in me and wanted to help me out. So as much as possible, remember, no one does this alone.
