Subversion 010. Max Lock on the Perks of Being a Solo Founder
Most people tell you you need at least one cofounder to build a company. Another cofounder helps you make decisions and split up roles and responsibilities. Max Lock thinks another cofounder can slow you down and make decisions harder, though. Max joins us to discuss the perks of being a solo founder.
Max is the founder and president of Fleet, a 1517 portfolio company that provides online logistics software for booking freight shipments. Max is based in Portland, OR, and started Fleet after he started a paper cup company and realized that the difficulty in running a paper cup company wasn’t producing paper cups — it was logistics.
Max discusses how he makes decisions, how he gets buy-in from employees and investors, and some of what he thinks are great perks of being a solo founder.
What questions do you have about starting a startup and being a young founder? We’ll answer them in future episodes of Subversion.
