Mastodawn

So much of what's wrong with tech started from one simple phenomenon: focusing on the money-movers instead of people who actually *make* shit. Real technology matters. Inventors over investors, every time. Founders over funders. Writing code > writing checks. https://www.anildash.com/2025/10/24/founders-over-funders/

Founders Over Funders. Inventors Over Investors.

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Anil Dash

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Bruce Elrick Oct 24

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I associate 'founders' with Y-Combinator and the whole startup tech-bro grow-to-oligarchy model.

I wonder if, instead of founders, we could use a term like 'creators'? If you need a concept that includes control, then perhaps add 'owners' (with all the baggage of proprietarian systems).

So Creators, Owners and Financiers? A creator that is an owner is ok. An owner that is a financier is not. A creator that starts thinking like a financier becomes a financier.

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SouprMatt

@virtuous_sloth @anildash Y combinator (and most other VC) goes to the white men who are best at convincing the older white men that they are the “next generation’