Whether you work at a founder led start up or a founder less multinational the founders mentality how to overcome the predictable crises of growth harvard business review press june 7 2016 by bain partners chris zook and james allen empowers executives with the necessary mindset to safely steer their company through every stage of growth and past the inevitable crises of internal complexity. This item the founders mentality how to overcome the predictable crises of growth by chris zook hardcover 2556 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom. The founders mentality how to overcome the predictable crises of growth by chris zook and james allen harvard business review press june 7 2016 256 pages 3000 isbn 978 1633691162. The founders mentality has three facets that when held onto can help fuel growth and prevent the three predictable crisis of growth the first is aninsurgent mission which is a company that wages war on the incumbent companies on behalf of the underserved customer