founder Synonyms

break fall through collapse father cave in flop beginner give founding father fall in totter strike out go down break down creator materfamilias run aground torchbearer submerse stumble patriarch pioneer planner primogenitor procreator producer progenitor realizer shaper shipwreck sink smelter source spawner backfire go wrong wash out go under go down like a lead balloon miss the mark be defeated be frustrated be in vain suffer defeat blow up in someone's face not come up to scratch lack success meet with disaster go astray fizzle out