I guess in SV the coolest is Founder and Investor, then Board Member and Advisor, but we still have CEO, CTO, Exec, etc. followed by standard positions like Dis

I guess in SV the coolest is Founder and Investor, then Board Member and Advisor, but we still have CEO, CTO, Exec, etc. followed by standard positions like Distinguished Engineer, Senior Engineer, etc. and generics like partner, associate, and employee. VP isn't worth much since some industries use them at very low level. If you can't call yourself a founder, or it doesn't go over well in Europe, what's to stop you from just saying I work for company x. No one knows it is a two person company + outsourcing anyway. It's the same as saying I work for amazon, etc..