Silicon Valley has been arguing for days over the matter of founders — or rather, whether founders matter. It started Monday when news broke that Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, were leaving Facebook, the company that bought the photo-sharing app six years ago.

Instagram, WhatsApp and Tesla: Does it matter if founders run tech companies?

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