Does a Founder’s Personality Predict Startup Success?

Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
4 min readMay 8, 2023
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Who are the people succeeding at the height of business leadership? The extraverts? The logical thinkers? The psychopaths?

At various times in the past, I’ve heard people talk about the psychology and personality of business leaders, but it’s not always a consistent story. You can find reports of high levels of psychopathy among CEOs, confidence in embracing change, a…

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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

Research Leader (Ex-Instagram / Chief Scientist at multiple startups). Author of the User Insight Newsletter: https://userinsight.substack.com/