Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Is there such a thing as Founder or Co-founder of a blog? If so, when do you go from blog to product?

So...  I've been thinking a lot lately about this topic as I continue to be fascinated with start-ups, entreprenuership and all that goes along with this burgeoning eco system. 

Founder or Co-Founder are interesting titles that seem to permeate today's start-up world.   For most companies with an actual product (and by product I mean an application that actually does something)  the titles Founder and Co-Founder make sense to me.

Heck...  I suppose to a certain degree,  if your blog includes  a searchable database,  sorta like TechCrunch or Mashable.... these can be considered products.  But I guess the question is... when does your blog "Jump the Shark" as it were, and become a product? 

I raise the point because more and more,  I'm seeing these crappy little blogs that are essentially regurgitating articles and topics other's have written or covered, yet, the owners of these blogs refer to themselves as "Founder or Co-Founder"

I have a blog... in fact,  if you're reading this right now,  you're reading it on my blog.  Should I embrace the title "Founder" of JohnHaden.com?  

I think not.  I'm simply a dude sharing my opinion on these interwebs.

Why does it matter if others choose to name themselves Founder or Co-Founder? What effect does it have on me?

None really I suppose.  I just find it odd that a lot of people want to jump on the start-up bandwagon so much that they're coming up with titles for themselves that seem a bit "embellished". 

 

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