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To ensure nobody else stumbles upon a creature like this. What made him creepy?

Product Manager

What are founders you’ve met that are creepy?

What are founders you’ve met that are creepy?- Grapevine

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Compiling a couple of ways people can understand a toxic founder from a distance, before they start working with them actively 
I've now met with a lot of them over the last couple of years, here are the ones that stand out the most to me: 

1) Narcissism: They'll love to have fame through random things. Stuff like Forbes 30u30 or some random award. Even if it means nothing. They'll show how great business is doing on social media, even when it may be nosediving. You'll never know things are messed up on the inside. 

2) Masochism: They're super likely to enjoy pain: be it messed up working hours, or bad health, or just really hard times. This almost allows them to thrive during adversity. This is usually coupled with sadism, they'll typically love that they can take pain well, but you cannot. 

3) Overemphasize on the carrot: In your first couple of meetings with them, once they like you, they will over emphasize on the benefits you will have if you work with them. They'll keep repeating how your career could skyrocket, or how you could be a star in other ways. This is also a typical red flag.

These are just 3 of the ones that I feel summarize what I have seen in known toxic founders. Happy to debate/know more if somebody else has had the lovely experience too :D

Traits of toxic founders

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?

Growth Manager

https://entrackr.com/2023/09/rario-burns-through-120-mn-in-15-months-future-looks-uncertain/

Tell me no corruption was involved in this ;)

120 million USD gone in 15 months

Software Engineer

What are some unethical thngs your funded company founders and core nepotism team.hve done??


Ex my ex company founder hired wife, sister, and friends as board of director giving 4 seats to the family itself + fancy designations like cfo, coo  cmo and ceo. All took 5 lakhs per month each as salary which means 20 lakhs going home from VC funded money per month. 1 million fundraise goes home in about 3 - 4 years used to set up paralell businesses, etc and no money made in core business

Unethical things by startup founders

I'm hearing some horror stories of pressure and unreasonable expectations coming from VC's even at the seed stage. Pre and post funding. 

Do you folks have stories to share about this. Especially w.r.t. interaction with associates with zero business experience giving Gyan !.

Founders on here....what's the worst VC experience that you've had ?

Founder

As a founder, what's your craziest dating story on Tinder/Bumble/Hinge etc. 

I've spoken to a lot of founders who get 
- Resumes in their DM's 
- Follow up messages for job applications (God knows how 🫠) 
- Enquiries for FT positions 
- Get subtle questions to know if they are hiring 

Is this a very common thing amongst founders?

Are you a founder actively using dating apps?

What questions would you ask to evaluate if you should join an early stage startup in this market?

The objective is to ensure job longevity, avoid getting laid off and experience a reasonable amount of growth.

Is there anything else that we can do apart from asking questions to the company folks?

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Who are the most toxic or unprofessional founders that you guys have heard of?

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👇🏽 who are some founders/leaders that you actually like and believe will be able to make great things happen. 

They don’t need to be famous.

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