Tech founder lifecycle:
Year 1-3: We’re disrupting a broken industry
Year 4-6: We are the industry
Year 7-9: Senate subpoena
Year 1-3: We’re disrupting a broken industry
Year 4-6: We are the industry
Year 7-9: Senate subpoena
I was able to dodge many subcommittee hearings during and immediately after the dot com bubble by properly vetting my employers, and leaving when I saw too much dodgy stuff.