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A la Paul Graham's "keep your identity small", maybe "founder" doesn't need to be an identity association for everything.
by browningstreet 5y ago
A la Paul Graham's "keep your identity small", maybe "founder" doesn't need to be an identity association for everything.
- sergiomattei 5y agoI agree wholly, but to understand why people do this, the benefits that come with such a practice can't be understated. There can be big marketing wins in associating yourself closely with your brand. It's a big risk you take, and you must be confident enough in yourself to take it, because it can be soul crushing if your startup tips over.
- dnh44 5y agoI always sort of thought that calling yourself a CEO or managing director of a small company sounded pretty lame and pretentious, but that founder worked quite well as a modest but accurate job title. I don't know if that was ever true or if it was only true in my head but either way I think that the term founder has picked up some baggage in the last decade.