Excerpt from a Jason M. Lemkin YouTube talk about the demanding nature of founder-CEOs: they can be quirky and hard to work for because they are constantly demanding (often unconsciously). Lemkin warns that successful founder-CEOs who move into venture roles may struggle or 'bounce' if they aren't treated as true partners.
Founder CEOs are quirky, right? They're great, but they're not easy to work with, are they? Even the nicest ones are hard to work for because at least we're demanding. Like, we're demand. We don't even know we're demanding. Founder CEOs, we're like every minute of the day, we're demanding. Even. Even when we're having a beer or just social, we're constantly just, just our presence is demanding, right? So. So founders CEOs don't even realize this. And so if you're a founder, a successful CEO and you go into venture, be careful. A lot of them, it's not well written, but a lot of them bounce. A lot of them bounce A lot. Like, okay, who? Okay, because if, if you're a CEO, you don't mind working for someone better than you, but working for someone worse than you or not being a real, being a. You show up and you find, oh, I'm not a real partner.
