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Evidence that "most" good founders were employees at hot startups, and that most important companies that generate the most wealth occur in 'networks of success
by rjurney 15y ago
Evidence that "most" good founders were employees at hot startups, and that most important companies that generate the most wealth occur in 'networks of success':
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rjurney_public_web/images/Atlanta-Security-Startup-Founders-Network.png https://s3.amazonaws.com/rjurney_public_web/images/Atlanta-S...
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rjurney_public_web/images/fairchild+silicon+valley+genealogy+(1).jpg https://s3.amazonaws.com/rjurney_public_web/images/fairchild...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia#Membership http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia#Membership
- tlb 15y agoInteresting. Atlanta security startups have significant pedigrees. It's the same in chip companies, where founders are older and many trace their roots back to Fairchild. Among consumer internet companies, most good founders have not been part of a successful company before.
- rjurney 15y agoWhat of the Paypal mafia?
- ajju 15y agoI dare say it's time to add RideCell to that cluster, one node from CipherTrust :)