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People & Leadership

A group blog by SN Writers in Startup Blog & Insights

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People & Leadership explores the human side of building and managing a startup. The blog covers hiring, onboarding, workplace culture, communication, delegation, employee wellbeing and performance management. It also examines founder relationships, difficult conversations, leadership development and the challenges of creating a team when time and money are limited.

Alongside practical guidance for UK employers, you will find honest insights into founder workload, motivation and leading through uncertainty. Whether you are preparing to hire your first employee or already managing a growing organisation, this blog will help you support your people, strengthen your leadership and build a healthier, more effective workplace.

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Founder Therapy

Imposter Syndrome Meaning: Why So Many Founders Feel Like a Fraud (And What Actually Helps)

Imposter syndrome means feeling like your success is somehow fraudulent, undeserved or down to luck, even when there is actual evidence that you're competent. For founders, it can show up as the constant feeling that investors, employees, customers or other founders are eventually going to realise you don't know what you're doing. You raised the round! Hit the numbers! Someone introduced you as an "expert" in a room full of people you'd personally describe as MUCH more qualified than you. Everyo
Founder Therapy

I Nearly Lost Everything Building a Business. And I Don't Mean Money.

I'm going to write something I've never written publicly before. I'm not sure I should. I've started this article three times and deleted it twice. The first version was too polished. The second was too self-pitying. This one might be too honest. But I think too honest is better than the alternative, which is saying nothing and letting the next founder who feels like this think they're the only one. They're not. I wasn't. You're not. I'm writing this during a week where I can barely function. No
UK Politics

I Voted for Count Binface Over Farage in the Clacton Election. That Should Tell You Everything About British Politics.

This is an opinion piece. Before I ruin my entire career, for my own opinion. This does not reflect anyone elses opinion and is purely my own. I went to the ballot station this morning. Queued behind a woman with a pushchair and an elderly man who smelled like Imperial Leather. Normal Thursday. Normal democratic process. I picked up my ballot paper, walked to the booth, and voted for a man wearing a bin on his head. I'm 28 years old. I run a business. I employ people. I pay my taxes. I've been t
Leadership

Nobody Teaches You How to Be a Boss.. So Most Founders Are Terrible at It!

Leadership for Startup Founders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You Until You've Already Messed It Up Startup leadership isn't something anyone teaches you. You go from doing everything yourself to managing a team overnight, and the leadership skills you actually need - giving feedback, delegating properly, having difficult conversations, leading without authority, building company culture - are the ones nobody mentioned when you were writing your business plan. You didn't start a business because you w

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