founders
also referred to as: founder
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 17, 2025 by Garry Tan · across every show →
Everything said about founders, oldest first
Oct 17, 2025 positive
Tan: Founding a startup accelerates your career by 5 to 10 years
“It's better for people to, ah, become founders, learn how to create things for other people, and then either, you know, you manage to get product market fit, and you figure out a moat so that you can be, you know, as big a company as possible. Or even if you d…”
Dec 8, 2025 positive
Tossell: Developer relations mirrors founder roles in community and product ownership
“The developer relations feels very similar to like a founder role where you need to be on top of your community. You're the person that everyone reaches out to. You've got to build a product or understand the products in and out. You've got to grow the product…”
May 30, 2026 neutral
Ries: Most founders are naive about founding documents allowing their removal
“Most founders are hopelessly naive about this point. They think that they're in control of the company, and they're always so betrayed when they find out that their own founding documents basically say that they can be removed at any time. And they don't reali…”