What Happens after Crossing the Finish Line

When a seasoned founder sells their company, they are transformed from a highly productive member of society into a depressed money manager.

Meanwhile, the goods and services of their former company are degraded by the loss of its most effective employee.

The former founder is deterred from starting a new business by the seemingly high returns generated by their money, which will for years dwarf the cash flows created by the new business.

The founder is only snapped out of this stupor by the realization that the person who founds a successful company will never be satisfied only by watching numbers going up and down on a computer screen.