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Elon Musk vows ‘thermonuclear lawsuit’ as advertisers flee X over antisemitism
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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I will respond to this by asking "is registering the name of a company the only thing that counts when founding a company?"
Because that's what the original founders did. They registered the name. No patents, no designs, no engineering, no staff. They registered the name, then went searching for VC money.
That's a terrible argument. As if the idea and pitch aren't relevant in any way. For a preschool example of this, check out Shark Tank. You might have heard of it?
No, it's not a terrible argument. Anyone can have a pitch or idea. That does not mean it's automatically a viable product/service or a viable business.
It's a valid question, how do we define "founder"? To play devil's advocate, I'm curious if the people who think Musk didn't co-found Tesla also agree Aaron Schwartz didn't co-found Reddit. He joined later, after reddit was already incorporated by Hoffman and Ohanian.
In business, "founder" is already an honorary title. It has no inherent power. Co-founders often ensure they get C-suite positions as a company grows, have stock/shares, or other legal powers, but none of those are guaranteed just by being a "founder". So practically, there's no difference between calling Musk a "co-founder" versus "honorary co-founder." Let's just focus on calling him a piece of shit for the very definitive and obvious things we can point to.
If the pitch is made and a VC opts in but doesn't negotiate a title, then they aren't privvy to the title of co-founder only after the concept is proven sound. Either you're a founder or you're not.
*edit to add visual
The godaddied Tesla?