the most important trend of the next decade: the average 21 year old silicon valley founder is no longer driven by greed (ellison) or idealism (jobs), they're driven by fame. its too gauche to become an influencer, so being a startup founder is the best proxy to status

anna

interesting thread
https://x.com/annaarthoe/status/1936082364582518799

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the status has been there for a while but the inextricable link to views and likes in attaining that status is more pronounced now

haven't read the full thread but have seen this in crypto from 2020 + 2021:

everyone wanted to be a "founder" because they can go to lavish parties or get invited to exclusive events and VC wants to woo you and your twitter follower account will explode and you'll get interviews and PR

but what happened to them