[steveBK123]

Precisely. The causation direction is reversed.

A lot of whether "founder mode" or whatever the opposite works has more to do with the personality of the founder.

Some founders are going to fail in either mode. Successful founders have their preferred mode but aren't succeeding because of the mode. I suppose if a successful founder was in some way forced (by who?) to use the opposite of their preferred mode they'd have more difficulty, but they still are likely to succeed.