Riverside Capital

we've noticed something: solo founders who ship in the first 30 days of an idea have a 3x higher chance of getting to $10k MRR than solo founders who "plan carefully."

don't overfit on this. but also don't ignore it.

we invest in solo founders who talk to their customers weekly. yes, that's really the whole thesis. the rest is scaffolding.

we're launching a small program for solo founders: $50k, 6 months of no meetings, one office hour a month. no board seat, no info rights, no theatre.

applications open next week. link soon.

we don't invest in "markets." we invest in specific people who have earned the right to have an opinion about a specific problem. the market map is a fig leaf. the opinion is the asset.

we've backed 42 founders. 11 of them have been laid off from previous jobs in the same year they started their company. it's a real pattern. we're not making it up.