The Recognition
What It Means to Be a Founder Here
Not a popularity contest, and not a list you can buy into. We profile founders we can independently verify.
How It Works
Recognition you can't buy, only earn
Three things shape every profile on this site: how we choose, what the bar is, and what the recognition actually means.
How We Choose the Founders We Feature
The ProcessFrom nomination to independent verification to a full profile: the exact path every name on this site travels.
Read → 2What It Means to Be a TYE Founder
The MeaningIt's recognition, not a transaction. What the title stands for, and the responsibility that comes with it.
Read → 3Substance Over Followers: The Bar We Hold
The StandardWhy we measure real track records instead of audience size, and how we tell signal from noise.
Read →The Roster
The first profiles are in the works
We're an independent publication built around young founders and operators, and we only publish profiles we can verify ourselves. Rather than pad a list, we'd rather start it with the right names, so the roster opens here as soon as the first profiles clear that bar.