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1/ The founders I work with span a wide range of industries from crypto currency to strengthening democracy to wood-fired saunas. Yet the themes are strikingly similar 
2/ Being a founder is firstly a creative role, not an organisational one. It's about stewarding a vision to bring something new into the world or change a system that affects us for the better.
3/ The hardest thing is always people. Both the inner work of tending to our own inner gremlins and also how we relate to others and in groups. It's endlessly complex, yet fun and rewarding as progress is made.
4/ Money is an ever-present theme: How to get it flowing in service of the vision, neither clinging to it nor averting it. Our past conditioning around money plays an out-sized role and must be addressed. Then we can find new ways to work more artfully with money.
5/ Founders have to dance between working both top down and bottom up when appropriate. Often one of these modes is more of a struggle than the other for founders. That's an opportunity for growth.
6/ The chronic state of a founder is usually doubt. Doubt about what's in and out of scope, and doubt about the next major step towards the vision. Being OK with doubt is vital. Deep listening and patience is needed to move through it.
7/ In fact listening is a top skill for founders to improve: Both inner listening to their deepest intentions, and hosting collective intelligence processes with groups since no solo visionary can beat a hive mind for insight.
8/ No outcome is ever certain so the answer to most questions is "Run a safe-to-fail experiment". Then more listening to sense what's next.
9/ All creative endeavours have a natural life span. Better to notice when it's time for a succession from a founder or to close an endeavour than to see it fizzle out or collapse. Mark these transitions with heartfelt ritual.
10/ If you'll let me indulge in a shameless book plug, I've written about these themes and more in my book "Work with Source: Realise big ideas, organise for emergence and work artfully with money." 
https://tomnixon.co.uk/2020/10/04/work-with-source-my-new-book-is-coming-soon/
https://tomnixon.co.uk/2020/10/04/work-with-source-my-new-book-is-coming-soon/
