Founders

when I was deciding to go out on my own i counted financial equity as a major upside but not social equity.

that's been a big learning so far – i'm shipping things and recognition is accruing directly to my name and reputation. At previous co's i did the same but it accrued mostly to the brand and founders.

building • prev manifold.xyz, twilio.com

that's not a dig at companies or something, it was just unexpected how many intros and conversations I would get access to having 'founder' as my title.

when you're in a company, you still accrue social equity, its just bound to the company and the coworkers you get to work with. and it carries less reputational risk, just like financial equity.

I saw this also mentioned in Naval‘s thread. it’s certainly true and seemingly easier today to build a personal brand & social capital on socmedia but it‘s also cool to build something that can keep going without you steering the wheel. (This can be both, personal brand or sth not named after you)

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I saw this also mentioned in Naval‘s thread. it’s certainly true and seemingly easier today to build a personal brand & social capital on socmedia but it‘s also cool to build something that can keep going without you steering the wheel. (This can be both, personal brand or sth not named after you)

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https://x.com/naval/status/1002105652792066048

https://x.com/naval/status/1002105838713028609