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> Thanks to Paul Buchheit, Erica Carpenter, Brian Chesky, Adam D’Angelo, Drew Houston, Justin Kan, Matt Krisiloff, Aaron Levie, Gabriel Leydon, Jessica Livingst

• jMyles 11y ago
  To be honest, I don't think I know a single one of them. Who are they and how can I learn more about what they do and how they formulate such great content?
  • duggan 11y ago
    I think if you Google many of those names, the first thing that will come up is a Wikipedia article about them.
  • gkoberger 11y ago
    * Sam Altman – Y Combinator President * Paul Buchheit - YC Partner, Gmail founder * Erica Carpenter - Y Combinator * Brian Chesky - AirBnb * Adam D’Angelo – Quora, ex-CTO of FB * Drew Houston – Dropbox founder * Justin Kan – YC Partner, Twitch, Justin.tv, Socialcam * Matt Krisiloff – Y Combinator * Aaron Levie – Box founder * Gabriel Leydon – Machine Zone founder * Jessica Livingston – YC Founder * Dustin Moskovitz – Facebook cofounder * David Rusenko – Weebly founder * Colleen Taylor – Y Combinator
    • sethd 11y ago
      "Gmail founder" sounds a little funny to me. If I am employed as a developer in a company on a new product, am I then a founder of that product? It just seems like the word founder just keeps being used more liberally as time goes on.
      • joshmlewis 11y ago
        I think it's appropriate in this case. Paul started Gmail inside of Google as a side project. At first most people were not a supporter, including Marissa Mayer and other peers. He was scratching an itch though and eventually got Larry and Sergey on board which helped the cause and eventually grew into what it is today. So with that, there are a lot of similarities into what we'd call a founder today. While financially there wasn't a big risk, it was still a product he was passionate about and created from nothing.
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        • mattmanser 11y ago
          Not really, he did it inside a big company with a nice cushy salary and lots of hardware supporting him. Absolutely ZERO risk. That's not a founder. It's a great product, he did a brilliant thing, but he's not the gmail 'founder'.
          • denniskane 11y ago
            ...and he probably wasn't all that "passionate about" it either.
          • sethd 11y ago
            Exactly. 'Creator' or 'original developer' would be far more accurate language and prestigious enough on it's own.
  • crgt 11y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Buchheit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Buchheit https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericacarpenter https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericacarpenter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Chesky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Chesky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D'Angelo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D'Angelo https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Houston https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Houston https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Kan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Kan https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-krisiloff/41/668/476 https://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-krisiloff/41/668/476 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Levie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Levie http://www.vbprofiles.com/people/gabe-leydon-522021ee843bac631c00064b http://www.vbprofiles.com/people/gabe-leydon-522021ee843bac6... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Livingston https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Livingston https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Moskovitz http://david.weebly.com/about.html http://david.weebly.com/about.html https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colleen-taylor https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colleen-taylor