Founders
Hiring
Investment
HBR Cases
Warnings
100

This is the term used when founders prioritize control over financial gain.

What is king?

100

This is the type of hire founders often choose early because they trust them.

What are people they know?

100

This is granted when one has ownership in a company

What is equity?

100

In this company, increased success led to low morale and increased employee turnover

What is Anthena Bancorp?

100

In the beginning of building a company, the founder must choose to be one

What is rich or king?

200

Founders repeatedly face a core tradeoff of wealth or this

What is a control?

200

This is what happens when founders delay hiring needed talent for too long.

What is slowed growth?

200

This is why startups give ownership to early team members

What is for Incentive /ownership/alignment?

200

These illegal services were being sold at Linguaverse where Rai was a rogue co-founder

What are visa services?

200

This is the risk when the founder is the face of the entire brand

What is founder dependency?

300

Founders make bad early decisions because they are influenced by this

What is Passion/Optimism/Conflict avoidance/Overconfidence/Instinct over analysis?

300

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!

The Three Rs System is made up of these components


What is Roles, Rewards, Relationships?

300

This happens when a founder gives away too much ownership early.

What is loss of control?

300

In this case, the business was working well, but the founder was burning out.

What is Pampered Pets?

300

The author of your book says, founder's easy early decisions often produce these which are very painful 

What are long-term consequences?

400

The round of funding where most CEOs are replaced

What is the B-round?

400

When hiring nonfounding executives, startups rely heavily on this for recruiting

What is their personal networks?

400

These people invest their own money in startups

What are angel investors?

400

The monthly burn rate of Slutty Vegan before the first bankruptcy

What is $1 Million?

400

The closer the founder relationship with employees, the harder these are

What are the future decisions?

500

This is when the founder-CEO decides to step aside for a new CEO

What is voluntary succession?

500

The second most common source of startup employees come from here

What is the investors/board members network?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!

Fundraising from VCs gives this to founders for future rounds

What is credibility?

500

Broken Bridges required major decisions to have this to move forward

What is majority approval?
500

Everything a founder does must focus on this or risk swift removal by investors

What is the valuation?