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Founder has strong founder-market fit (i.e. founder has an advantage in his/her market).
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Founder exhibits extraordinary grit (would rather max out credit card & sleep in a cardboard box than give up).
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Founder shows extreme humility, whether he/she is confident or not.
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Founder is a strong storyteller.
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Founder runs his/her company effectively day-to-day.
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Founder is a quick learner (e.g.doesn’t make the same mistake twice).
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Founder shows little agile thinking (i.e. unable to rapidly seek and incorporate external market signals)
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When making decisions under uncertainty, founder is results driven (tries many possible solutions quickly & finds the best one) instead of process driven (considers all aspects of a problem and weighs all possible outcomes before coming up with a solution. Thinks from first principles.
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Other co-founders have complementary traits that are crucial to the business (e.g. a visionary founder complemented by a pragmatic co-founder)
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Many of the founding team and early employees comprise of people the founder previously managed or worked with.
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