Founders be sharing quotes about life, learning and all sorts of things on social media, but when you see them in real, you'll get a clear sense of ego, pride and "I know it all" vibe, so clear in the way they talk. Please be a human first, founder second.
"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy."
Norman Schwarzkopf
I'm not a founder but sometimes I empathize with founders who NEED to have this air about them because otherwise their peers and people they do business with don't take them seriously. Like "Oh, so and so gave you advice that made you change your mind? You must not be that good at making decisions in this regard then."
It seems like business people don't respect and respond appropriately to leaders who are not pig-headed and set in their way. It becomes difficult for them to take advice and to not exhibit 100% confidence. This is more true for startup founders who have VC as bosses and they need to justify their every single fucking move to the VCs.
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Incredibly myopic and pessimistic view. I'd suggest trying to be a founder yourself once before judging them. No...
I am Thankful to the funding winter it has revealed true colors of so called Founders, who would not stop talking about culture, Growth, scale etc on Twitter and LinkedIn
Take Byjus, for instance, they claim to be revolutionizing educa...
While the company is doing absolutely poorly and laying off people left right and centre, the two so-called founders are on vacation to the US chilling and hanging out with people.
It's a disgrace that the Indian startup ecosystem has f...
Someone told me that it is an issue that can be solved by having high agency but it is exactly the thing that is penalized first. You can only affect the locus of your influence but when you need to get work done collaboratively it is mi...
