Their point wasn't that founders are somehow wiser. The assertion was merely that founders care about the company. Their decisions may be no more prescient tha

Their point wasn't that founders are somehow wiser. The assertion was merely that founders care about the company. Their decisions may be no more prescient than anyone else's, but their decisions are reliably in different directions than anyone else's. Their goal is different, the direction they always aim is different, and that consistent aim has an effect over time regardless what mistakes and misfortunes happen along the way. If you have a specific and clear goal on the horizon and are always aiming for that even though you have to deal with obstacles closer in front of you, over time you still get somewhere. If your goal is just chasing whatever random butterflies float by, you get nowhere.