He mentions he is taking some substantial time off, likely he sold his equity to others in the company and will live off of that for awhile. It is a hard trans

He mentions he is taking some substantial time off, likely he sold his equity to others in the company and will live off of that for awhile. It is a hard transition from a "scrappy start-up" to a more mature start-up. I could imagine at one point he is super important, in every meeting, helping direct the focus of every little thing, then as the company expands you get pushed out to the side a little and treated more like an employee. The fact is he was/is an employee, but it is hard to not think of yourself as a little more then that when you have had so much involvement for so long.