Another interesting thing to look at is how founders talk about their team - do people work for them or with them?
Great passage from this post on leadership and mentoring: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/12/02/whose-life-are...
You looked after me when I got there and treated me like a friend, not an employee. You refused to say “he works for me” you always said, “he works with me.”