I'm a firm believer that every filmmaking project is a cult, and that directors with cult leader traits are much more effective at getting the project made the

I'm a firm believer that every filmmaking project is a cult, and that directors with cult leader traits are much more effective at getting the project made the way they want it. There can be obvious downsides to that, of course, but the same thing likely applies to startups. I don't know if you can force it if you don't have it, but it's probably learn-able.