- First year - bad mouth everything inherited - product, quality, culture. Directly or indirectly blame the predecessors. Even founder should not be spared.
- Second year - enough case built to get funding to fix ‘all the bad things done, by predecessors. Hire, restructure, keep every one busy and guessing .
- Third Year - reality sinks in, outcomes aren’t there. No improvements to user base or profit margins. In fact it is declining. Yuck, time to find another job.
- Forth Year - yay! found another company, doubled equity and responsibility. Time to repeat the steps.