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I don't think it's fair to use the term workaholic with founders. If you're not well capitalized you have to be a workaholic just to survive. There are a fair
by CuriouslyC 2y ago
I don't think it's fair to use the term workaholic with founders. If you're not well capitalized you have to be a workaholic just to survive. There are a fair amount of narcissistic founders because extreme self confidence is table stakes for a startup, and people who have that level of confidence are statistically more likely to be narcissists than hyper competent just based on the frequency of the two.
- al_borland 2y agoIt’s fine for the founder to work non-stop. That’s pretty much required for some period of time to get a company off the ground. They should not expect this same level of dedication from employees. No one is ever going to care as much as the founder. Just like a teacher or baby sitter is never going to care as much about a kid as the parents (assuming good parents here).
- dheera 2y agoI know founders do this (as a former founder myself), but it's also super unhealthy for the founder to do this for more than a few weeks at a time. Our bodies and minds are not designed to handle that.