Founders' top job is to eat shit, like firing staff: Startup CEO
Vaishnavi Mishra, Published on Jul 3rd, 2026

Ivan Burazin, AI startup Daytona CEO, said a founder's "number one job is to eat shit". "You're on the call with the upset customer. You need to fire people…directly. You're listening to the engineer who wants to quit due to burnout," he said, adding, "You're here to absorb the bad stuff so everyone else can keep moving."
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