cofounds

Starts something together

Cofounds is the third-person singular of cofound, meaning to establish something jointly with one or more others.

A person cofounds a company, organization, or movement when they share founding credit: She cofounds startups with her business partner.

The past tense cofounded and noun cofounder are more common than the present-tense verb.

entrepreneurship

startup

New business enterprise

equity · incubator · accelerator · bootstrapping · pitch · seed · angel · investor · IPO · prototype

establishment

establish

Create formally, permanently

institute · launch · inaugurate · pioneer · spearhead · organize · form · build · develop · charter

collaboration

partnership

Shared business arrangement

teamwork · synergy · merger · affiliation · coalition · federation · association · amalgamation · unification · integration

innovation

breakthrough

Sudden important advance

advancement · progress · ingenuity · inventiveness · transformation · originality · visionary · trailblazer · disruptor · innovator

Opposites
creation vs destruction

cofoundsdissolves

Disperses into solution

disbands · shuts down · liquidates · terminates · closes

originating vs joining

cofoundsjoins

Brings together, attaches

enters · inherits · acquires · takes over

collaborative vs. solo founding

cofoundsgoes it alone

Proceeds without partners

Family

cofounder, cofounders, cofounded, cofound, cofounding

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