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Alina
@alinaferry
Founder mode or not, why is it always the assumption that everyone’s greatest aspiration should be to become a founder? When I was growing up, anyone who wasn’t trying to quit their stable job to become an entrepreneur was frowned upon. When I started working in film, the dominant idea was that every director/producer should dream of being independent and having their own production company. Now everyone needs to be a founder. Why? Very few are actually cut out for this. I’m just a little tired of this narrative being pushed on us that you’re either a visionary one-person show or a total loser. There are so many exciting options below the founder lever that never get the credit/respect they deserve. People get stuck in this “feeling of underperformance” loops when they shouldn’t be.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
My greatest aspiration isn't to be a founder. I imagine those who simply aspire to be a founder is similar to aspirations of being an influencer — they want some kind of prestige they believe comes from being such, but are blissfully unaware of the extreme costs to personal life, and that the order of operations is to do great things first. My aspiration is to make every bit that travels over the internet private, secure, and untraceable. I founded Q to be the vehicle that achieves this mission.
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Alina
@alinaferry
So much love and respect for your attitude, Cassie! My issue with the “founder mode” is not with what it actually entails to be a founder. For me, it’s the cultural juxtaposition of being a founder (awesome) and being anything else but a founder (lame) Johnny said that too many people are wasting their talents are “wasting” them in faang jobs, and while this argument is sometimes valid, I don’t think is’s true most of the time I don’t believe the “founders vs everyone else” is healthy for anyone
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