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November 8, 2023

Founder pics: the good, the bad and the mad

The latest in an occasional series where Sifted thinks too much about photos


Éanna Kelly

6 min read

Hey: who wants to join in a favourite Sifted pastime of staring too long at tech founder photos?

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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