<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The Sole Founder</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/</link><description>A founder’s journal by Carl Thomas.</description><language>en-GB</language><atom:link href="https://www.thesolefounder.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Claude saved miPic from Engineer sabotage</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/claude-saved-mipic/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/claude-saved-mipic/</guid><description>After years of sabotage and stalled development, I used Claude Code to uncover what had happened and deliver four years of miPic’s roadmap in four weeks.</description><category>Startup Tips</category><category>Learn From Me</category></item><item><title>Founder Mode</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/foundermode/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/foundermode/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Founder Mode is a relentless, deeply involved management style push the vision forward building a startup. Paul Graham Y-Combinator</description><category>Persistance</category></item><item><title>Having Purpose</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/purpose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/purpose/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>12 years ago, I received a phone call at 5am telling me a close friend had tragically died. This later became my 'why' and purpose for building a company.</description><category>The Why</category></item><item><title>You’re not a real CEO until... you go through a near death experience.</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/real-ceo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/real-ceo/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:16:05 GMT</pubDate><description>“Until you go through a near death experience.”  Says Hayes Barnard – Cofounder of Goodleap (via Forbes)I read this post by forbes on what a real CEO is, so sharing […]
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</description><category>Investment</category></item><item><title>A One in One Billion Chance</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/billion-chance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/billion-chance/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The chances were 0.000000001% Building a Product or Startup? Read This. - Investment</description><category>Investment</category><category>Persistance</category></item><item><title>Why You Need a Technical Co-Founder</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/blog-post-v1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/blog-post-v1/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:47:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Coming Soon…
</description><category>Startup Tips</category></item><item><title>UK Founders are Way Too Posh! (apparently)</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/tooposh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/tooposh/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Apparently UK Founders are Way Too Posh. So here's my take as a working class Founder from Liverpool running the gauntlet in London.</description><category>Persistance</category></item><item><title>Beware of the Great White Shark</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/angelsharks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/angelsharks/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:55:00 GMT</pubDate><description>I was 6 months in from quitting my day job in architecture. My £12k bank loan and survival funds were quickly drying up.It was clear that building a website and […]
</description><category>Investment</category><category>Learn From Me</category></item><item><title>Behind the scenes of raising £1.1 million</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/behindthescenes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/behindthescenes/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate><description>I received a text from my lawyer. It read; “Carl it’s in… I need you to sign a document to initiate the transfer.”</description><category>Investment</category><category>Persistance</category></item><item><title>You’ll be surprised the people you can meet on a train in London.</title><link>https://www.thesolefounder.com/shazam/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thesolefounder.com/shazam/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate><description>I was watching Dhiraj Mukerjee, co-founder of Shazam present his inspirational story at a conference. Three months later, he got on a train carriage and stood next to me... Read how he became an advisor and trusted friend.</description><category>Learn From Me</category><category>Persistance</category></item></channel></rss>