founders
Those who begin
Founders is the plural of founder, someone who establishes an institution, organization, or movement: the founders of the company, the Founding Fathers.
As a verb, to founder is to fail or collapse—a business founders, a plan founders.
Ships founder when they fill with water and sink.
Horses founder when their hooves become painfully inflamed.
The verb is often confused with flounder, which means to struggle awkwardly.
One who starts businesses
- cofounderJoint business originator
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- investorOne who allocates capital
- angelDivine winged messenger
incubator · accelerator · bootstrapping · pitch · equity · valuation · IPO · exit
One who produces something
- establisherOne who creates permanently
- architectBuilding design professional
- framerOne who constructs frameworks
- initiatorOne who starts something
inventor · progenitor · forerunner · precursor · patriarch · matriarch · father · mother
Ability to anticipate futures
- visionAbility to see
- idealistPursuer of noble principles
- futuristTomorrow trends scholar
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
aspiration · inspiration · imagination · insight · forethought · prophet · trailblazer · groundbreaker
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
lineage · monument · preservation · descendants · history · institution · philanthropy · namesake
One who colonizes territory
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
pathfinder · explorer · prospector · conquistador · voyager · navigator · scout · adventurer
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
angel · incubator · accelerator · bootstrapping · pitch · equity · valuation · IPO · exit · capitalist
creator
One who produces something
- establisherOne who creates permanently
- architectBuilding design professional
- framerOne who constructs frameworks
initiator · inventor · progenitor · forerunner · precursor · patriarch · matriarch · father · mother · genesis
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
dream · aspiration · inspiration · imagination · insight · forethought · prophet · trailblazer · groundbreaker · maverick
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
dynasty · lineage · monument · preservation · descendants · history · institution · philanthropy · namesake · stewardship
settler
One who colonizes territory
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
- frontiersmanSettler of wild borders
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
homesteader · pathfinder · explorer · prospector · conquistador · voyager · navigator · scout · adventurer · expedition
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- founderscofounders, originators, creators, pioneers, establishers
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, forerunners
founderssuccessors
Those who follow after
inheritors · heirs · latecomers · followers · descendants
foundersfloats
Remains on surface
succeeds · thrives · prospers · flourishes · survives
foundersdestroyers
Fast armed naval vessels
dismantlers · abolishers · liquidators · terminators · enders
- 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
founder, founded, unfounded, confounded, foundering, foundered, confounder, founder's