“This master class in how to build a startup would have helped me avoid some of my biggest professional mistakes—I just wish it had come out years ago!”
—Jonathan Seelig, Cofounder, Akamai
“Founders, Keepers is the mirror every founder needs. It provides the frameworks that we as leaders need to grow with our companies. It’s nice to find a book that takes the theoretical and makes it generally applicable to real life.”
—Matt Tait, Cofounder and CEO, Decimal
“Rich and Tien write with the clarity of having worked with some of the best founders. They brilliantly capture the internal struggles and strengths of founders and show the path to success.”
—Mårten Mickos, former CEO, MySQL and HackerOne
“Founders, Keepers shows just how hard it is to be a founder and do the most insane thing imaginable—create something out of nothing. Calling on 40 years of research and unique wisdom and full of practical and actionable solutions, this book is required reading for founders who want to take their companies and themselves to the next level.”
—Maynard Webb, Founder, Webb Investment Network; Director, Salesforce and Visa
“Founders, Keepers helped me to understand my own leadership style, to have the humility to admit where I fell short, and to learn and adapt as quickly as my startup grew. From a naive visionary to a manager of relationships and execution—nine years into my startup, I'm still here."
—Richard Mabey, Cofounder and CEO, Juro
Founders, Keepers
Why Founders Are Built to Fail, and What it Takes to Succeed