What's one thing that turned out way more complicated than you expected when building solo?

Been building something on my own for a while now and keep running into stuff I genuinely didn't see coming. Not the big obvious things like fundraising or hiring, more the small operational stuff. Legal paperwork, security compliance, the boring admin side of running a company.

Curious what caught other solo builders off guard. Not looking for "everything is hard" answers, more the specific thing you didn't expect to eat so much time.

Posted Jul 23, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC

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