+if you don't find a team you're genuinely excited about, go solo. a focused solo builder who ships a working demo beats a dysfunctional team every time. the best teams are small and aligned; the worst teams are big and confused. what makes a team bad? [[teams-without-shared-understanding|no shared understanding]], [[unclear-roles|role confusion]], [[personality-mismatch-under-pressure|personality clashes under pressure]], being [[all-coders-no-communicator|all coders with no communicator]]. the solution is to [[figure-out-what-you-want-before-partners|find the right team]] or go alone.