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Re:The ugly side of Kickstarter by jentulman on Sunday April 22, 2012 @05:38AM (#3874420)
Google, if we're being picky about the listed founders. Although I guess you could argue Eric Schmidt was one in spirit if not paperwork.
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Re:The ugly side of Kickstarter by adambyrtek on Sunday April 22, 2012 @05:19PM (#3876127)
Eric was hired as a CEO much later (in 2001) in order to make VCs feel more confident knowing that the company has some "adult supervision". He wasn't there from the beginning.
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