Founders

one of the easiest ways to gauge a startup’s culture is to listen to how often the founders say 'we' vs ‘i’ when talking about wins

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Companies with founders that use "I" tend to have a more bimodal distribution wrt successful outcomes

Megalomaniacs tend to go boom or bust, so can't always count them out from a principles standpoint unfortunately

Oh yeah, the failure mode is much bigger -- megalomania without talent is a recipe for disaster

yes, agree. that’s the reason i said it’s telling of culture and not success, although i don’t think it’s equal bimodal