<ul><li>Post-acquisition life brings a new world for founders where they face different pressures, roles, and dynamics, transitioning from startup to corporate structures.</li><li>The founder-CEO pressure is replaced by BigCo pressure, involving hitting metrics, managing bureaucracy, and handling expectations, although less intense.</li><li>Founders may find it challenging to no longer have ownership of the company post-acquisition, leading to potential conflicts in branding, strategy, or product direction.</li><li>Team dynamics shift post-acquisition, some team members thrive while others move on, and financial upside for founders is often capped, leading to a different perspective on growth and risk-taking.</li></ul>

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