High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups From 10 to 10,000 People

by Elad Gil

People always say that the CEO’s job is not to run out of money, and what they usually mean by that is fundraising. But the other way you can do that is to make money.

Well yes. That seems rather obvious.

One of the biggest causes of early exits are founders’ spouses, who are typically less risk-seeking. Often they push for the safe exit so that they and their children are set for life.