I am fully convinced on the viability of zero-employee companies, but there are some processes that still need to be fixed. Some thoughts:
1) I don’t yet believe in all-in-one harnesses like
@usenaive @polsia Cofounder, etc… not because they aren’t good ideas, but because I think it’s very hard to become “Cursor” for something as infinitely variable and diverse like running a company.
2) I don’t think this lack of faith should stop me, them, or anyone else from trying, but I haven’t quite figured out what the real niche here is. Polsia companies seem largely like garbage, and there might be a niche for that too, although given the chance I don’t think I want to build the better garbage cannon. (Although I might?)
3) running a zero employee company might actually be a skill, rather than a software stack. If it is a software stack then building the stack is mostly just planning to be acquired by Stripe if you’re lucky.
This all feels very doable, but I am not yet sure the best place to start. Will share more.