Founders
Republic's original statesmen
Founders are people who establish an institution, organization, or settlement.
The founders of a company are its original creators; the Founding Fathers established the United States.
The word carries weight—founders shape something's initial vision and character.
She was one of the founders of the nonprofit.
Separately, to founder is to fail or sink: a ship founders, a plan founders.
The project foundered due to lack of funding.
New business enterprise
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- CEOTop corporate officer
- unicornMythical one-horned horse
- pitchFrequency of sound
investor · equity · bootstrap · Silicon Valley · incubator · accelerator · pivot · disruptor
Those who construct frames
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- 1787Year Constitution was written
- JeffersonThird American president
Hamilton · Madison · Washington · Franklin · independence · republic · democracy · federalist
One who creates permanently
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- architectBuilding design professional
inaugurator · progenitor · trailblazer · initiator · organizer · builder · mastermind · driving force
Divinely inspired messenger
- guruRevered authority figure
- spiritual leaderReligious community head
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- denominationNamed religious group
cult · doctrine · disciples · teachings · revelation · monastery · order · ashram
startup
New business enterprise
pitch · investor · equity · bootstrap · Silicon Valley · incubator · accelerator · pivot · disruptor · visionary
framers
Those who construct frames
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- 1787Year Constitution was written
Jefferson · Hamilton · Madison · Washington · Franklin · independence · republic · democracy · federalist · patriots
establisher
One who creates permanently
- creatorOne who produces something
- originatorOne who initiates
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
architect · inaugurator · progenitor · trailblazer · initiator · organizer · builder · mastermind · driving force · cornerstone
prophet
Divinely inspired messenger
- guruRevered authority figure
- spiritual leaderReligious community head
- sectBreakaway religious faction
denomination · cult · doctrine · disciples · teachings · revelation · monastery · order · ashram · sangha
casting
Shaping through liquid form
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
- smithyWorkshop for shaping metal
- ironworkerStructural metal craftsman
smelting · forge · crucible · mold · pour · ladle · furnace · alloy · bronze · metalsmith
- Star TrekSpock, Kirk, Enterprise, USS Enterprise, Captain Kirk
- BioShockColumbia, plasmids, Elizabeth, Jack, EVE
- Founding DocumentsDeclaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Articles of Confederation, First Amendment
- mythical beingsdragons, dragon, unicorns, unicorn, phoenix
- craft beercraft beer, craft brewery, microbrewery, brewpub, brewmaster
Foundersdestroyers
Fast armed naval vessels
abolishers · dismantlers · liquidators · terminators · wreckers
Foundersheirs
Those who inherit
successors · inheritors · descendants · legatees · posterity
Foundersfollowers
People who support someone
members · joiners · adherents · rank and file · inheritors
- corporate founderOne who establishes a business
- startup founderCreator of new companies
- founder's dayCommemoration of founding
- founder storyTale of starting something
- founder's legacyWhat an establisher leaves behind
- founder modeDirect control by creator