[ozim]

I don’t think it is a bad outcome with misusing a concept.

Because it does not affect those truly embracing it.

Having an excuse is not going to save bad business run by bad people. It might let them slide a bit more but ultimately it is not doing the job for them.

[TimTheTinker]

But it does make it more difficult to talk about a concept when it's been (re)defined and argued about and gaslit about instead of what PaulG is doing: providing a simple definition backed by some real-world examples that actually are founder-mode being done more or less right.

[cutemonster]

Yes, and when various people start to fake-claim that they work in Founder Mode, you're more likely to hire the wrong managers or CEO, once it's time to find someone for whatever reason.