Analysis

August 5, 2022

Throwing things, bugs and pointing: The secret to a great founders photo

Who won Sifted’s best founder photo award? Read on to find out


Georgina Ustik

6 min read

Project Eaden founders

We’re back, with round three of our founder photo analysis. If you don’t know what it is, this is where we pick apart and make fun of scrutinise the marketing photos of the most brilliant business minds of our generation. You can see rounds one and two here.

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