Lazerow: Being a founder is much harder than being an investor
Michael Lazerow · Sold for Nearly $1B and Spent 3 Years Lost in a Painting Studio · Nov 11, 2025 · at 0:05
Serial entrepreneur and investor Michael Lazerow compares the psychological weight and difficulties of operating as a founder versus investing capital.
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“Being a founder is so much harder. Investors have their own worries. We've done both. You got to raise money. You got to create a product that invest, that entrepreneurs like, but the existential dread of being an entrepreneur, of waking up and not knowing where your next client is, who's going to quit, how you're going to fill this hole in your team. That is just such a different experience. And having lived both, there's no doubt That entrepreneurs have a much harder job than investors.”
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