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Frank Sondors

Who's your favorite founder and why? 😎

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For me, it's a guy named Marko Lazic who's building luccid.ai, which allows you to design your dream home. The reason why it's Marko is that he had to overcome a lot of challenges to get to where he is now and he's also building a kickass product to disrupt an old-school industry.
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Vlad Zivkovic
Sridhar Vembu, the only dude that bootstrapped his company to global giant of 1 billion in revenue without raising single dollar. Had chance to talk to him few times, really the legend of entrepreneurship who you can't find anywhere in the startup news...
@vladimir_zivkovic , and he truly is so down-to-earth and such a good human, from what I know. We're from the same state if that matters. :) Btw, I know that Sridhar Vembu's bootstrapped Zoho crossed $1B in net revenue. But is he the only person to bootstrap and build the company to $1B in revenue?
Vlad Zivkovic
@senthil99nathan I believe he is, if we talk about tech startups. Yeah he is very down to earth, whenever you see him you will never say he is a billionaire. Very kind and polite. He is from Tamil Nadu, Chennai?
Adith Mathialagan
@senthil99nathan @vladimir_zivkovic Sridhar is from Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. He started Adventnet from Chennai in 1996/97 which got later rebranded to Zoho in 2005/06. P.S., Proud Zoho Alumni here
Andy Wang
If we broaden the scope of founders, I think Elon Musk is a great founder. His intense work schedule, keeping at the age of 51, is incredible. Most of my friends after 25 are losing energies for lives, and looking forward to settle down instead of working too hard.
Soner Alemdar
@noahkagan ! Unique style and he is always different
Marilena Nikou
Nike's Phil Knight - did not know the story, read the book, was amazed by how he started it, with no experience, the risks he took, the belief and trust he had in what he was doing, how he never gave up, how he built his team, the whole story is amazing! I specifically appreciate how he recognizes that he was wrong at times and that he mistreated some team members or disapproved of certain actions that proved to be key to Nike's success, and that luck is also important on top of skills and persistence.
Marilena Nikou
Sean P.
For me @trungdq88 , he inspired me via the launch of Typing Mind just mindblowing
Subin Suresh
Definitely Ratan Tata! His inspiring leadership, strong ethics, and remarkable philanthropic efforts have made him my favorite founder. He's a true role model for entrepreneurs, and his impact goes far beyond business.
Pratik Kinage
Brian Chesky!
Chris Watson
Founder should be the one who inspires their employees daily, he/she should be the source of motivation for employees + he/she should treat employees as co-workers, not as a slave, enough in the tough times. That's what makes a founder!
Deluar Hosain
My founder😅
Myself) We should respect ourselves the first and not try to find idols or so:)
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