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Deciding to Build Solo or With a Co-Founder in the AI Era

Hosted by Julian Nachtigal

Fri, Jul 10, 2026

2:00 AM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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The Founder Launchpad
Vidya Narayanan and Julian Nachtigal
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What you'll learn

What mindset you need to have to be a Founder

You will understand what it takes to succeed as a founder and the framing to jump off the cliff into building a startup

How to decide on being a solo Founder or a Co-Founder

Do I need a cofounder with AI? You will know the questions and lenses you need to consider a co-founder or not

How to prepare for Co-Founder dynamics

Get clear on role definition, equity splits, vesting schedules, founder dynamics and the hard conversations coming

Why this topic matters

The decisions you make at the very start of your company, who you build with, how you split ownership, how you define roles, shape everything that follows. Most founders get tripped up not by bad ideas but by bad foundations. This lesson gives you the mindset and frameworks to make those early calls with clarity, so you're ready for the hard conversations before they arrive.

You'll learn from

Julian Nachtigal

Founder/Executive Coach, Ex-Good Eggs, Investor

I am a 2x founder turned founder/executive coach.

As a coach, I have helped founders raise over $50M, become better leaders and decision makers. I work with them to make sure they don't burn out or lose themselves while building.

I am also a sector agnostic angel investor. Some investments include Orbit (acq. by Postman), Multis (acq. by SAFE), Awesome People Ventures and Figure AI.

Previously founded one of the first co-working spaces in the world and TEDx events. I was one of the first employees at Good Eggs where I led ops and helped scale to four cities and 300+ employees.

I also was an EIR at Imagination Machine, one of France's leading startup studios, founding impact-driven startups.

Previously at

Good Eggs
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