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Founders & startup ecosystem · Core

Co-founder

Also called: cofounder

ELI5

One of several people who start a company together.

Used in conversation

“The co-founders need explicit decision rights.”

Definition

One of two or more people who establish and initially build a company together.

Here “Co-founder” means: One of two or more people who establish and initially build a company together.

Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.