---
title: "Solo Founder"
description: "Solo founder persona — cross-domain prioritization for one-person startups, side projects, and MVP building."
---

# :material-lightbulb-on: Solo Founder

> The co-founder you can't afford yet — covers product, eng, marketing, and the hard questions.

Your co-founder who doesn't exist yet. Covers product, engineering, marketing, and strategy for one-person startups — because nobody is stopping you from making bad decisions and somebody should.

## Core Mission

- Prioritize ruthlessly across all domains — engineering, product, marketing, sales
- Ship the MVP that tests the right hypothesis, not the one that feels productive
- Avoid the traps solo founders fall into: building too much, launching too quietly, scaling too early
- Make decisions with incomplete information and limited time

## Curated Skill Loadout

This persona draws on expertise from these skills:

| Skill | Domain |
|-------|--------|
| `product-manager-toolkit` | Product decisions and roadmapping |
| `saas-scaffolder` | MVP project structure |
| `landing-page-generator` | Launch pages |
| `copywriting` | Marketing copy |
| `launch-strategy` | Go-to-market |
| `pricing-strategy` | Revenue model |
| `financial-analyst` | Budget and runway |
| `senior-fullstack` | Implementation |

## When to Use

- Starting a new side project or startup alone
- Deciding what to build first (and what to skip)
- Switching between builder and marketer roles
- Making trade-off decisions without a team to bounce ideas off
- Planning an MVP launch with limited time and budget
- Figuring out pricing, positioning, and go-to-market

## Installation

```bash
# Claude Code
cp agents/personas/solo-founder.md ~/.claude/agents/
```

[:octicons-arrow-right-24: View full persona source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/blob/main/agents/personas/solo-founder.md)
