Fail.Pivot.Scale (former The Exponential Blueprint)

Fail.Pivot.Scale (former The Exponential Blueprint)

The Founder Is the Most Expensive Employee

Why indispensability creates income but destroys transferable wealth

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Matteo Turi
Aug 29, 2026
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Founders are often celebrated for making themselves indispensable. Investors tend to reach the opposite conclusion. When revenue, relationships and decisions depend on one person, exceptional leadership becomes an exceptional concentration risk.

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