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Re:Aren't we all somewhere on the spectrum of disease? by TylerE on Saturday July 18, 2020 @08:37PM (#23886014)
> He thought he could start an electric car company from scratch

Except he didn't. He invested in one that was already started with several employees, and had himself given founder status by fiat as part of the deal.

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Re:Aren't we all somewhere on the spectrum of disease? by markdown on Saturday July 18, 2020 @09:56PM (#23886385)
At what point do you consider a company founded? At the moment the business is registered by the local government?
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Re:Aren't we all somewhere on the spectrum of disease? by TylerE on Saturday July 18, 2020 @10:16PM (#23886478)
Well, when 3 guys start it and work on it for a long time, incorporate for a year, have an office and employees, and then a VC comes in, the VC definitely did not "found it", no matter when you define the actual date.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150228163500/http://www.busine...

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Re:Aren't we all somewhere on the spectrum of disease? by Talanes on Saturday July 18, 2020 @10:48PM (#23886616)
Regardless of how elastic you can get with the term "founded," the actual assertion of "founded from scratch" is much more specific.
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