For many of us, the thought of becoming the employee once again may feel like a monumental step backward.
We worked so hard to be in a position to forge our own path that reversing course feels like total failure.
But the reality is being an employee again does have its advantages. Even if we decide to go back to being a Founder afterward.
It may be a terrible outcome.
The very nature of most Founders is that we generally don't like being told what to do. It's kind of our thing. It doesn't mean we're horrible people (right?), it just means we're naturally comfortable in leadership roles.
That's why most leaders are leaders.
It's not a subtle change. Once we've had total autonomy it's kind...
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Most Founders taking investor money have never had an investor before – so we don't really know what to expect once we've been handed that big fat check.
There's a notion that once investors are involved, we'll get bullied around at Board meetings or pushed out like so many Founder horror stories we've heard. (Yes, Steve Jobs got fired at Apple).
To be clear — they don't. At all.
The worst possible outcome for most investors is that they have to stop doing their job (investing) and instead do our jobs (running a company).
There are edge cases where individual angel investors (often with too much time on their hands) may want to meddle with the business, but most professional investors consider havi...