The Co-Founder "Blood Bond" Is a Myth | Michael Grinich, WorkOS

Podcast: Solo Founders · Solo Founders

Opublikowano: 2026-05-27

Michael Grinich built WorkOS solo — now a $2B company and the enterprise infrastructure behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Replit — with no co-founder. So when he says "it's not the blood bond it was made out to be," it lands. This conversation is his case against the ride-or-die co-founder myth, the question he thinks actually matters before you start a company, and the honest bear and bull case for going it alone. Topics covered: Why co-founders aren't a blood bond — and "are you the one who holds it forever?"The founder "mental disorder," and why you only need one pe...