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@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
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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@christin
well said 👏
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@ivy
the founder thing is as much about celebrity as it is objective job related things
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@nonlinear.eth
because being a founder means becoming the master of your own destiny, materially improving the world on some meaningful dimension, and best case being handsomely rewarded for it. worst case is acquiring extremely valuable and transferrable skills high conviction risk-taking and skin-in-the-game are noble far too many smart people wasting away in 10-4 faang jobs
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@justbuild
Its just cope, that and founder hustle porn makes people think its this aspirational thing to be and do. Reality is that most of it sucks and doomed to failure. A lot like the influencer/podcaster trends before it. Top 1% sees unimaginable success, low barrier to entry sends hundreds of thousands into the trend. Industries pop up catering to them, making it seem viable based on all of the promises made via marketing and advertising. No different from any synthetic dream fed to masses. Sad, but true.
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@heavygweit
@ted very related to your discussion on status as a service yesterday!
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@zd
zirp likely played a big role
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@binocularsx
Short-sightedness and peer pressure
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@rch
"why is it always the assumption that everyone’s greatest aspiration should be to become a founder?" this is probably true in our little bubble. most of the world is still different.
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@dristov
I am a total looser🗿
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@camilags
I’m also not charmed to this idea of being a founder. What for? There are so many creative ways of bringing our ideas into to the world. Sometimes it is just by talking to someone, writing something, doing something to have fun. There are so many work possibilities without the need of founding anything. 2000 $Units
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@olystuart
Well said. It's especially silly to people like me who don't know anyone like that IRL and only see it in social media influencers.
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@breech
Not only do I NOT want to be a founder, I don’t want to be an employee of one, either. I want enough funds to escape the rat race and enjoy my days on this spinning space ball with my family and frens without worry. Just enjoying life, probably still shitcasting here and messing with my hobbies. Props to the “grinders,” but hard pass from me.
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@tako-unik
I don't believe people are born to be one dimensional
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@counterfire
Preach! 🙌 So much truth! 25 $WILD
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@smokingfrog.eth
THANK YOU jfc
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@suvarma
Preach! 🙌 So tired of this myth!
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@leewardbound
ive founded 6 companies in the last 20 years, raised mid 8 figures, hired dozens of employees, worked major deals, and honestly every part of that sucks, unless you have a self-important itch to scratch or you like hanging out with losers whos whole personality is "number go up" being a solo builder or consultant is 100x more fun and more lucrative
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@alexpaden
mm no i think you're in a bubble. my family discouraged it and my friends thought it was not real. i celebrate other people because they've gone through their own trials as a common thread of founding, proud to work toward something in such a way
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