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The Solopreneur’s Oedipus Complex 👑
When the founder would rather kill the son than share the throne
I think there is an incredible relationship between solopreneurship and the Oedipus complex. Stay with me. 😅
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This is not really a psychology article and I’m no psychologist per se. It is a company-building problem. And I have seen versions of it many times.
A founder starts alone. Defines and builds a product. Makes the sales calls, finds the first prospects, turns them into customers.
Answers every e-mail, whatsApp message. Approves every proposal and knows every customer. Makes every important decision.
At the beginning, this is a superpower. 💪
Then the company starts growing. And the same behavior slowly becomes the problem. Because one day, someone else becomes important. Very important. Maybe dangerously important.
And suddenly we are no longer talking about entrepreneurship. We are in Greek mythology territories. 🏛️
