Founder Load

Founder Load is the combined weight a founder carries: the decisions only they make, the hours they work and the energy those take. It describes how heavy the job is right now, not whether you are coping. Coach42’s Founder Load test is a reflection tool, not a medical or wellbeing assessment.

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In practice

Carrying everything isn’t commitment. It’s a single point of failure.

The Sunday evening you spent answering questions nobody else was allowed to answer.

Founder Load

What are the signs that your Founder Load is heavy?

  • Most decisions, large and small, still wait for you.
  • You can’t remember the last full week away without checking in.
  • The work you used to enjoy now feels like the work you have to do.

Where can a founder put some of it down?

Start with decisions, because they are the easiest to hand over. Write down how your three most common decisions get made and let someone else make them for a month. Two Weeks Away, a free twelve-question self-test, shows what would break if you disappeared for a fortnight, which is a useful list of what to hand over first. Our entry on Decision Debt covers the same idea from the team’s side.

If the weight feels like more than work, please talk to someone you trust or a qualified professional. A test is no substitute for that.

Founder Load is a free reflection tool, live now: twelve questions, a load gauge and the two areas to lighten first. It isn’t a medical or psychological assessment.

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Related tests

  1. 25Two Weeks AwayLiveFounders · What breaks if you disappear for a fortnight
  2. 28Founder LoadLiveFounders · How heavy your load is: decisions, hours, energy

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