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I thought this was a new meme - "pretend that every company was founded by Elon Musk"! - but it turns out that this is not only not-false, it's _actually_ true, as opposed to the legal nonsense that allows Elon to call himself a co-founder of Tesla[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003%E2%...

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What non-sense? When you take charge of a startup and grow it 2 000 000%, it's quite normal to be granted a title of a cofounder.

I work at a company where a cofounder joined later and no one ever thought it was weird since he plays a significant role in the company's success.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2021/11/15/why-adding...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10208321

If you didn't found the company - if you weren't there when it was founded - you're not a cofounder. I don't see how that's controversial.

> legal nonsense that allows Elon to call himself a co-founder of Tesla[0]

Wow, I had no idea.

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