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> So it seems the best mix of founders is to have one lunatic visionary dominate and regular people cofound. Woz and Paul Allen were pretty visionary themselve
by jamesk2 17y ago
> So it seems the best mix of founders is to have one lunatic visionary dominate and regular people cofound.
Woz and Paul Allen were pretty visionary themselves. I think working at the same company after they've made it doesn't appeal to everyone and Allen actually got sick and left. Microsoft was well on it's way to being massive so I wouldn't chaulk it up to Bill Gates alone.
- chrischen 17y agoThen why would most people attribute apple with jobs, Microsoft with gates, facebook with zuckerberg, and yahoo with yang? There is one guy who is more invested in it than the others right? You should get someone to help, but I don't think it would be good to have two founders who have visions for the company. Their respective visions would eventually diverge and then conflict would arise.
- jamesk2 17y agoWoz left Apple a long time ago, so did Allen and Filo (Yahoo Co-Founder). It's a bit of survivor bias and interest in the limelight that the more famous names persist.
- chrischen 17y agoIf they left then that's a sign that they had less interest or was less invested in the company. You can't have two people trying to dominate. Unless both founders have perfectly matching visions, their joint command will be as bad as design by committee. Someone is bound to leave or become somewhat subordinate to the other. In the end one person will come out as the main visionary guy for a specific company.