[4] It may simply limit further growth and success, or it may lead to bitter factionalism and divisions as the scale of demands made on the organization increases, or it may result in outright failure.
[7] An organization suffering from founder's syndrome typically presents many of the following symptoms: The founder responds to increasingly challenging issues by accentuating the above, leading to further difficulties.
[29] Anyone who challenges this cycle will be treated as a disruptive influence and will be ignored, ridiculed or removed.
Alternatively, the founder or the board may recognize the issue and take effective action.
[30] There exists no single cure against founder's syndrome, as every new business endeavor is different, however companies (newly founded or larger organizations with internal groups) are providing new insights and answer to the problem.