Some people, perhaps most people, don't mind being told what to do. But I have never met a successful startup CEO I'd say that of.
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This has all sorts of implications. For example, it means that success as an employee of a large organization is no predictor (in fact is probably a negative predictor) of success as a founder.
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Intriguingly, it also imposes a limit on the degree to which the economy can be consolidated. Some people don't want to work for someone else. (This was temporarily suppressed by oligopoly in the mid 20th Century: http://paulgraham.com/re.html .)
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The independent-mindedness of startup founders even puts them at odds with their own employees, many of whom don't mind being told what to do (and thus also don't mind the government telling everyone what to do).
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Managers of large companies are not always the founders of other companies. Sometimes you are a manager. Maybe you manage with the tools that are available to you. Once you become the founder As a manager, you can provide the necessary tools for yourself.
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If you’re a mid manager at a large corporation often people have to switch between having some independence of thought and complete obedience to the higher ups/environment around them No wonder so many are dissatisfied and feel disillusioned
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I think it’s one reason founders are often young—they haven’t been beaten down and had work ruined for them. And it explains why so many struggle with getting bought—not just that giving up control is hard.
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That's a myth. Most founders are 40 to 50 years old.
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While massive frustration in a large corporate might be a positive predictor of good entrepreneurship. Do you think this opposite applies?
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False. Rich Barton (Microsoft, then Expedia and Zillow), and one of the Zipcar founders come to mind. Probably dozens of others
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You need to re-read your Rich Barton history: he was ready to quit after 3 yrs at Microsoft to found Expedia, but agreed when Gates suggested,”Why not build it here?” Hardly a compliant employee. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thestreet.com/amp/story/12744391/1/why-zillows-rich-barton-believes-in-power-to-the-people.html …
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It also suggests failure as an employee could be a positive indicator of success as a startup CEO but I doubt investors or potential co-founders would see it that way.
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