{"id":38531,"date":"2026-06-01T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38531"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:22:15","slug":"when-a-cofounder-is-n-ot-an-employee-text-650-283-8008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/when-a-cofounder-is-n-ot-an-employee-text-650-283-8008\/","title":{"rendered":"When A Cofounder Is N-OT An Employee, Text 650-283-8008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A cofounder as an employee is normal. What\u2019s legendary is having a founder who is not an employee<\/div>\n
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What I understand about Silicon Valley helps me help you elevate to the highest echelons inside of the Bay Area<\/div>\n
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When you are three cofounders or two cofounders, what could triple U is having a non-employee cofounder<\/div>\n
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Here are some instances of non-employee cofounder. Jessica from Sequoia. Me from Fund of Founders.<\/div>\n
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Larry Chiang with founders fund<\/div>\n
Founders fund VC, Luke Nosek and Barney Pell<\/div>\n
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Luke Nosek is going to be the non-employee cofounder<\/div>\n
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Larry Chiang. I\u2019m the non-employee cofounder that\u2019s the solo founder of the Uber API.<\/div>\n
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Matt Smith. He\u2019s the non-employee cofounder of Duck9.<\/div>\n
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