Potter: Co-founders generate peer-driven momentum that solo founders lack
Mike Potter · How to Start a Company on the Side | Mike Potter, Founder of Rewind · PMF Show · Mar 1, 2022 · at 9:46
Mike Potter, co-founder and CEO of Rewind, explains how working alongside a co-founder created positive peer pressure while building the company on the side.
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“Having one person do something and then feeling like, oh, I got to do something too. And then you do something and then you sort of feed off of that and you get a lot done. That certainly helped compared to, you know, my first startup when I was working on it like mainly as a sole founder initially, you know, really different dynamic to have a co-founder there to help push you along.”
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