On: What Happens When a Founder Is Fully Vested?

[icedchai]

They basically are employees. They work for the board and the investors.

If you want to control your own destiny, bootstrap. Otherwise, unless you're very successful, you're in for a world of pain.

[erikb → icedchai]

And you can't even bootstrap either in some situations. The basic premise is, if you're not rich you are not free. The good thing about the modern world is that you can choose your owner and switch between them when things go sour.