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Founder Control & Governance
Founder-first thinking on leverage, optionality, governance maturity, and board dynamics.
Why founders lose leverage quietly—and how disciplined governance preserves it.
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The Board Is a Control Surface, Not a Stage
If you treat board meetings like theater, governance will treat you like a risk.
Strong boards reduce chaos by enforcing evidence, accountability, and decision rights. Weak boards create surprises by rewarding narratives over truth.
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Founder Control & Governance
Founder Control Is Lost Quietly—Long Before It's Lost Publicly
Control erodes through governance gaps, not dramatic confrontations.
Founders rarely lose control in a single moment. They lose it gradually through weak governance, optimistic narratives, and delayed truth—until leverage has already shifted.
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