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I've moved on from 'Founder Mode' -> 'Fu*k it Mode'

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The problem with Good #founders  is they will not solve your problem, that is the worst. They will keep shouting at you about the problem, they will keep telling you to fix it, but they will not solve it for you, until you give up, then they would show you the right way. They want you to come up with a solution and learn the holistic way of doing business. They don't accept excuses and they will be the only ones who will help you grow. Don't resign out of frustration, fall in love with problem and find a solution, don't sleep until you find it. Hating the founder is just gonna make you realise after an year or two about how wrong you were!

I love founders who will not take BS, who will give hints but not help. I love them.

#consistency #growth
#startups

founders are the worst?

Paul Graham - Founder Mode: Summary

Can't stop. Won't stop.

Program Manager

Literally, every single Founder I've encountered here seems to be an old, regressive, hard-headed boomer who hates the younger generation for their freedom.
 
Go through some DINK or WFH or Salary Rant posts and you'll be able to spot them. They are rigid in their mindset and call anyone who disagrees a degenerate, entitled, and (my personal favourite) 'influenced by the western media' lol.

Let's just ignore these morons and keep on bettering our life

Why is every single "Founder" here an a*shole?

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Ok so some interns were on leave today due to long weekend or they genuinely had an family emergency

But wait the founder told that’s not the way how internships work , we will close their internships

I mean why you too have your families at home

How flexible are Startup Founders

This is cringe tbh at this point. “Competitive Salary of INR 20,000/month”. Just hire EA’s instead.

Can Founders just stop

Senior Consultant

Founder mode.

Manager Mode ❌ Founder Mode ❌ Investor Mode ✅

Investor

Another Ankur Warikoo in the making?

Product Manager

Early in my career, I was working with a client who was always frustrated with me. I was also frustrated with her because she always used to give design inputs and had horrible taste and decision making was absolute shit.

I got so angry at that woman that I added a middle finger gesture in the reflection of the water. It was super unnoticeable but if you really knew where you were looking at then you could make it out. 

The craziest thing is that they actually posted that in their social media. 😂

What is your design horror story? 😂

What is your design horror story?

Operations Manager

Manually bnana pdega 
Sorry guys jinke bhi characters ka galat istemal hua hai.

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Consultant

IIT grad here building a venture backed startup. I think 99% of folks here believe that venture backed founders are super entitled and in a much "cosier" position than employees

Just sharing a few facts about our journey so far if it helps anyone improve their perspectives-

1) Paying ourselves 33% of our campus salary & 60% of what we are paying to our employees (Talking about Pure Base Salary here, not including ESOPs)

2) Insane stress - You basically have to raise money to build (esp if its deeptech because of the high fixed costs) and there are predefined metrics you have to always chase, sometimes just beyond yourselves. 

Your product will be copied if it's good because well, they always have more money than you. You work 7 days a week for insane hours, chasing metrics required to be "afloat" 

3) 99% of venture backed startups result in 0 liquidity gain for founders. So basically in all likeliness, everything is for a net negative return compared to if we took the campus job

So, when you wholeheartedly bash founders as if they are sitting On a goldmine while you are toiling for THEIR gold Treasure, just understand that more likely than not, there is not really any gold but rather an irrational hope they are clinging to

Also, Yes-we pay above market to our employees (100% hike for the last one) but the truth is some startups just Can't afford it. And ironically, there is a much higher looking down on these startups with meagurely paid founders rather than giants like Tech Mahindra paying peanuts to their employees while having a 1000% salary hike for the executives. 

Yeah, most startups need to do better but please appreciate if someone is atleast trying to do better because trust me, it's INSANELY HARD.. 

The number of posts I see about Flipkart making hundreds millionaires is way too less than the ones I see about pinpointing at every single mistake early stage startups do & I just wanted to express my opinion on it

Peace!

People way overestimate the life of founders

Oh no poor founders, they have to pay fair salary to their employees.

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Looks like the cure for burnout might be a bit too effective! Imagine pitching to investors: "Our startup will revolutionize tech... right after our spirit quest in the Amazon!" 

Meanwhile, Indian founders are probably chuckling over their chai, balancing startups, family expectations, and still finding time to code at 2 AM.

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