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Did that startup founder really work through his wedding?

Thoughtly co-founder Casey Mackrell had a big week. First, he got married. Then, he went viral. At his wedding reception, Mackrell needed to quickly give

His fellow co-founder Torrey Leonard seized the moment by taking a photo to capture Mackrell wrapping up a pull request, staring at his computer in a ballroom as his friends and family danced in the background, floral arrangements and fairy lights abound. Leonard’s post generated so much discussion in the startup community because it’s an extension of the existing discourse around “ founder mode,” a concept coined by Paul Graham, a founding partner of Y Combinator. “Publicly, all of the comments that we’ve received are super negative … We were on 4chan, we were on Reddit, and obviously, people who represent communities outside of tech just, frankly, didn’t like it,” Leonard said.

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