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Re:If two people start a company are they founders or co-fou... by poppysan on Sunday November 23, 2008 @07:27PM (#374268)
You can be a founder and also a position such as CTO and CEO, based on what you are contributing work-wise.
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Re:If two people start a company are they founders or co-fou... by jwilliams on Sunday November 23, 2008 @07:45PM (#374282)
Shrug - Yeah, I know - I'm probably just being a grump, but it seems ostentatious to me.
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Re:If two people start a company are they founders or co-fou... by emmett on Sunday November 23, 2008 @07:52PM (#374291)
It's critical for dealing with business people outside the startup world. It's hard to get them to take you seriously unless you're the CxO of something. That's why we use the titles at jtv anyway.
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Re:If two people start a company are they founders or co-fou... by jwilliams on Sunday November 23, 2008 @08:38PM (#374327)
Ok - Probably just my experience - might just be a nomenclature difference between the US and UK/Aus/etc.
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Re:If two people start a company are they founders or co-fou... by jamesbritt on Monday November 24, 2008 @10:06PM (#375916)
I assigned myself the title of UFO - Ultra-Freaky Officer - at one company.
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