A Missive to Struggling Founders

"Found a company," they said. And you did. You had a great product idea, quit your perfectly reasonable job, and created a startup with two friends. When it came to deciding who'd be CEO, you volunteered, and your co-founders agreed. You got the job. You're in charge.A few years in, you’ve had some real success. You raised a healthy amount of money from top-tier investors. You’ve got revenues and customers. At your monthly founders’ night, between rounds of Catan and complaints that nobody will trade you any brick, you can see that your co-founders are genuinely happy in their roles.But you're not. Some parts of the job are going great. You enjoy working with customers and the product team. But financing discussions leave you uncomfortable. Customer escalations keep you up at night. Sales and marketing problems leave you feeling lost and out of your depth.You’re struggling. You’re starting to be unhappy in your work. Your spouse says you look grumpy a lot. Increasingly, you find…

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