Tomorrow's Bites with Andrés and Sjacco Build In Public #6: What Does Running the Company Alone for a Month Teach You About Your Co-Founder? - with Andres Jara Co-founder Favamole
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What if the best thing your co-founder ever did for your company was go on holiday?
In this Build in Public episode of Tomorrow's Bites, Andres Jara returns with a month that threw everything at him at once: two accelerator demo days, new funding, a Finnish retailer landing in his inbox, a house move, and a co-founder on the other side of the world. The result? An accidental masterclass in what it actually means to build something bigger than yourself.
Because here's what nobody tells you: the moment you have to do your co-founder's job, you stop taking it for granted.
Andres shares what this month really looked like: the overwhelm, the role swap, and the unexpected appreciation that came from it:
Why finishing second in a 30-company pitch competition can feel like winning
How LinkedIn visibility pulled a Finnish retailer straight to Favamole's door without a single cold email
What swapping roles with your co-founder teaches you that no meeting ever could
Why saying yes to everything is a superpower that slowly becomes a liability
The honest cost of moving house, closing funding, and running solo operations simultaneously
And why spring and the first real sprouts above the ground finally feel earned
This is a conversation about overwhelm, gratitude, and the quiet confidence that comes when you realize the company can move without you holding everything together.
If you're building with a co-founder, or wishing you had one, this episode will hit differently.
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