Startups

Every board has a story it tells itself. The executive team believes they are steering the company with skill and integrity. The controlling shareholders believe their interests are aligned with the business. And yet — somewhere between those two beliefs and the decisions that get made in boardrooms around the world — something frequently goes […]

There is a silent epidemic in the startup world, and it doesn’t look like failure. It looks like a founder working 80-hour weeks, shipping features, talking endlessly about their product roadmap — and wondering why no one is buying. The technical founder archetype is one of the most celebrated in startup culture. The brilliant builder.