Treat Your Team Like Co-Founders

6 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Feras Alhlou. This content was uploaded by Feras Alhlou. This is a YouTube video titled "Treat Your Team Like Co-Founders" (uploaded 2026-01-06). The excerpt is a short monologue by a single speaker (labeled SPEAKER A) discussing founder leadership and team management—arguing that founders often underinvest in treating employees like co‑founders, stressing fair compensation, growth opportunities, and the long-term ROI and lifelong personal relationships that result from investing in people.

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We underinvest in general, founders, until we learn that, you know, you underinvest in treating your people like co-founders, including compensating them well and giving them the opportunity to grow. But I think once we do that, in my experience, the ROI and more importantly, the lifelong relationships and friendships you have with these people is beyond my wildest imaginations. I have some really good friends from 2007 that worked with us for, you know, for many years. Some of them stayed with us till we sold the business and some of them, you know, moved on. But every once in a while we still catch up and talk about life and children and things. So take care of the people, take care of the people, and they'll take care of your business. I've always said what it takes to be successful is the quality and quantity of the personal relationships you take the time to build.