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> if someone from the team steps up and adds a lot of value that is expected from a co-founder, we will definitely promote the person as a co-founder How can someone get the title of a cofounder of an already (at least) 2 years old company which is already set up an running? I understand that traditionally this person then represents in investor meetings, but why does it need to be a _founder_ title of something that…
between Retool, Budibase, Superblocks, and Tooljet, i'm confused about how to choose. anyone have a good mental map of the low code internal tools landscape?
It seems to me that every great tech company needs two things to get off the ground. A product that actually works well and execution on the business side. Few people have the skills to do both of these things well. Apple got started with the two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak). One built the first couple of computer designs. The other was a sales and marketing genius. If you have a product that is possible to launch in ju…
Just want to add, I followed pretty much the same path with Windmill [1], which is also in the developer tool space, and also open-source. Built everything solo for 5 months. I thought it would be impossible to get into YC, it is not and I was fortunate enough to join YC on the latest batch, on my first try [2]. Getting into YC changed the course of the company, increased many orders of magnitude my ambition and made…
Do you have to give yourself titles everyone else is using? If I start a company I would rather have "Captain" or "Masterchief" or perhaps just keep the C from CEO and be just a "Chief".
> A "solo founder" should be too busy with real work to be writing articles like this.
Amazing that they couldn't understand the article's marketing value
> if someone from the team steps up and adds a lot of value that is expected from a co-founder, we will definitely promote the person as a co-founder How can someone get the title of a cofounder of an already (at least) 2 years old company which is already set up an running? I understand that traditionally this person then represents in investor meetings, but why does it need to be a _founder_ title of something that…
"Founder" is not a title you can add casually under US law. It's determined at the time of incorporation and stock issuance. QSBS, and other legal structures, do not allow transferability of "Founder" to follow-on Investors and employees.
CEO and CTO sounds like too much work. I call myself head of research in my own bootstrapped start-up. :-)
It seems to me that every great tech company needs two things to get off the ground. A product that actually works well and execution on the business side. Few people have the skills to do both of these things well. Apple got started with the two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak). One built the first couple of computer designs. The other was a sales and marketing genius. If you have a product that is possible to launch in ju…
People always describe Steve Jobs as a “sales and marketing” person but IMO that grossly undersells his value. He was also an amazing product visionary, and could bridge the gap between sales/marketing and technical.