It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.
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One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.
The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.
Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs.
There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.
If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.
From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
Many founders hire just because it seems like a cool thing to do, and people always ask how many employees you have.
Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn't smooth. You'll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don't believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don't give up.
If the founder comes to work every day, and it's a struggle, that permeates the whole organization.