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Nonsense. Creating a startup is the opposite of 'passive'. Also the word passive doesn't appear in the article title or text.

If you don't have to full-time manage the startup after it's created, and it still makes you money, that money IS 'passive'.

Passive income without initial effort is called a trust fund.

Also I can think of at least one employee - the founder! This title is cringe-worthy.