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And then I guess there are many examples where one of the founders is actually driving the whole thing even though he/she has co-founders. This is THE confusio
by erichocean 14y ago
And then I guess there are many examples where one of the founders is actually driving the whole thing even though he/she has co-founders.
This is THE confusion in my opinion. Founder + startup team is not even close to the same situation as actually having multiple founders (Google is probably the best example for actually having more than one founder).
I don't know why pg actively conflates the two, but he doesn't hide it. In his essay, he talks about how you can't trust a founder "who can't even convince his own friends". Well sure, but how does convincing a friend suddenly make the friend a co-founder? Answer: it doesn't.
- karamazov 14y agoThe distinction between a founder and an employee is that founders take on substantially more risk. If you convince your friend to join your company when you've just started it (or when it's a week or a month old), he or she is taking on just as much risk as you are and is a founder. It doesn't matter if it was "your idea" - they're taking a large risk, and they'll have a huge impact on how the company develops.
- ThomPete 14y agoits not even that simple