Ride & Rant | Ding Dong The Founder's Gone Rant

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The soul of a company often leaves the moment its founder walks out the door — or gets pushed out by private equity. In this episode, I dive into what happens when a company built with passion, purpose, and people in mind is handed off to the cold machinery of investment firms. Layoffs? They’re not a bug. They’re the feature.

We’ll talk about:

Why founder-led companies feel different (and die differently)

How equity firms gut culture in favor of cash

The sad foster-child fate of once-great companies

Whether a new kind of founder might rise from the ashes

This isn’t just about business — it’s about the people who make them run, and the quiet collapse of trust in the modern workplace.

Let’s get into it.

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