CHAPTER NINE
THE FOUNDER’S CURSE
If you have founded a company, you have a singular relationship with it that is unlike any other, defined by the emotional tie, the commitment, and the passion you have for your creation. This is the same bond that develops between inventors and their inventions, authors and their books, carpenters and their woodwork. CEOs who take command of a company also forge a very intense bond, even if they are not the actual founder.
Still, in no person is this almost blood tie more powerful than that which binds a founder with her company. The devotion a founder feels for her business infuses everything, from its culture and processes to the snacks in the kitchen. It is the sheer will to succeed and to survive catastrophic ...
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