This is incredibly off topic, but I have to assume all the shade being thrown at "founder mode" is because it requires an aptitude for your company's core compe

This is incredibly off topic, but I have to assume all the shade being thrown at "founder mode" is because it requires an aptitude for your company's core competency, which many leaders cannot demonstrate. It's not a nugget of management-foo that a talentless leader can add to their mode of operation, like SCRUM, 10 hacks for better 1:1s, cross-functional jamboree, etc.