alt Hacker News> Within a few years, someone will build a company worth a billion dollars alone. One equity holder. No real payroll. A single person at the center of work that used to take a few hundred people
Does Mojang (Minecraft) count? Because if so, the first solo founder unicorn was made almost two decades ago.
Funny, I was looking this up as you typed it. I was going to ask the same thing.
I don’t think it counts. It was close but Notch founded Mojang and worked with others for a few years before the sale.
I think it could have counted though. I think Notch created a lot of the momentum himself.