Whenever you go to a restaurant to eat or party, you give importance to the quality of food, but is the quality of food the only thing that matters?

But just think, if you go to a restaurant and the owner or manager greets you respectfully by calling your name, you will feel great. Even if you have visited that restaurant only two or three times before or you have met the manager or owner only when you went for a booking. Still they remembered your personal identity and used it for a great marketing strategy.

However, apart from this, there are many other aspects that can influence you. The ambiance of that place is also important. It is not necessary that the owner of that restaurant is a chef. He just looks after the management and future policies and the food is prepared by paid cooks who keep changing. Therefore, the plans and marketing policy made by its founder become more important for the success of that restaurant.

What is Founder’s Syndrome?

Thus whenever a founder sets up a business, he has to make long-term plans. Thus, the plans made by a founder form the basis of the success of his business. From marketing of the business to its presentation, every small and big decision is taken by the founder.

What impact does this have on the business?

What are the factors that can affect various aspects of the business?

Can the primacy of every decision by the founder be detrimental to the business?

When a single person dominates decision-making, as is the case with a founder in business matters, the wrong decisions taken by the founder also affect the business. When this dominance of the founder becomes a problem for the business and starts hindering its growth, it is called Non-Profit Founder’s Syndrome.

How founder’s syndrome can affect the business?

An organization suffering from Founder's Syndrome usually exhibits several of the following symptoms.

Ways to overcome founder's syndrome

The success of a business is important not only for its founder or owner but also for the employees. A situation like Founder's Syndrome brings the business to a state of non-profitability due to which both the entrepreneur and the employees go into a state of financial insecurity. Therefore, discussions on such topics and constant and continuous efforts to avoid such a situation ensure the success and growth of the business and organization.