The Founder's Journey
Building a company. Becoming a leader.
Brett Thomas
The Founder's Journey
Who do you have to become to build what comes next?
The company's next stage asks for a different founder. This is the interior work that the org chart never shows.
Every stage of a company asks something new of the person leading it. The skills change. So does the identity underneath them.
This book follows the developmental arc a founder moves through as the company grows, from the person who does the work, to the person who directs it, to the person who builds the people who direct it.
It is written for the founder who has already noticed that the old version of themselves is not going to make the crossing.
The hero's journey, applied to founder development, with the departure, the crossing, the ordeal, and the return mapped onto real company stages rather than myth.
The Founder's Trap
When your strengths become the ceiling
Brett Thomas
The Founder's Trap
When your strengths become the ceiling
The Founder's Gauntlet
The growing pains have names
Brett Thomas
The Founder's Gauntlet
The growing pains have names
The Founder's Crucible
Leading through the AI redesign
Brett Thomas
The Founder's Crucible
Leading through the AI redesign