http://www.networksolutions.com/smallbusiness/2009/06/rules-for-entrepreneurs-3-avoid-founderitis-at-all-costs/ Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.networksolutions.com/smallbusiness/2009/06/rules-for-entrepreneurs-3-avoid-founderitis-at-all-costs/#comment-260 Wilfred Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:30:06 +0000 http://growsmartbusiness.com/?p=1256#comment-260 This is a fantastic point - I'm so glad you've taken the time to address "founderitis". It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with <a href="http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-business.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin...</a> and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything. This is a fantastic point – I'm so glad you've taken the time to address “founderitis”. It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin… and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything.

]]> http://www.networksolutions.com/smallbusiness/2009/06/rules-for-entrepreneurs-3-avoid-founderitis-at-all-costs/#comment-261 Wilfred Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:30:06 +0000 http://growsmartbusiness.com/?p=1256#comment-261 This is a fantastic point - I'm so glad you've taken the time to address "founderitis". It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with <a href="http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-business.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin...</a> and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything. This is a fantastic point – I'm so glad you've taken the time to address “founderitis”. It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin… and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything.

]]> http://www.networksolutions.com/smallbusiness/2009/06/rules-for-entrepreneurs-3-avoid-founderitis-at-all-costs/#comment-259 Wilfred Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:30:06 +0000 http://growsmartbusiness.com/?p=1256#comment-259 This is a fantastic point - I'm so glad you've taken the time to address "founderitis". It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with <a href="http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-business.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin...</a> and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything. This is a fantastic point – I'm so glad you've taken the time to address “founderitis”. It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-busin… and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything.

]]> http://www.networksolutions.com/smallbusiness/2009/06/rules-for-entrepreneurs-3-avoid-founderitis-at-all-costs/#comment-1262 Wilfred Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000 http://growsmartbusiness.com/?p=1256#comment-1262 This is a fantastic point - I'm so glad you've taken the time to address "founderitis". It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I've been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-business.php and I really didn't like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything. This is a fantastic point – I’m so glad you’ve taken the time to address “founderitis”. It really can cause such damage to a company if it is not dealt with. I’ve been in a number of situations where I was under the leadership of individuals who have had a very strong hold on every aspect of the company. I must sadly admit that I too have seen evidences of some of these symptoms in my own leadership at times, but strive to ensure that I manage to maintain a loose hold, have an open-handed approach, if you will. An example of one of the situations that I found quite stretching was when we were developing an online print store with http://www.digitallizard.com/small-medium-business.php and I really didn’t like the idea that all my employees had control over what was printed, without me necessarily being involved. I did manage to gain some perspective and have been able to realize that we would have been missing out on an awesome system if I had insisted on having control of everything.

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