Who they are
Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563–483 BCE), the historical Buddha — a prince of the Shakya clan in present-day Nepal who left his palace to pursue the causes of human suffering and founded what became Buddhism. Referenced in founder notes less as a religious figure and more as the original systems thinker on attachment, attention, and decision-making: the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path are effectively a mental-health and decision-quality operating manual that predates every modern self-help framework.
Core Ideas
- Four Noble Truths — suffering, its cause, its cessation, the path
- Non-attachment to outcomes — relevant for founders obsessed with metrics
- Right action, right speech, right livelihood — ethics baked into daily practice
Related
- Bhagavata — adjacent wisdom tradition