Founders and investors often develop misaligned expectations about company trajectory, creating situations where investors pressure founders toward exits that destroy long-term value. This episode examines the specific misalignments: investors expecting venture-scale returns from fundamentally profitable but slower-growth companies, investors with different time horizons than founders, and investors who lose confidence in founder capability. We explore how investor pressure toward exit manifests: board pressure for sale processes, investor replacement of founders, and investor-imposed timelines that force premature exit decisions. The episode analyzes scenarios where investor-forced exits destroyed value: profitable companies sold at low multiples because investors wanted liquidity, founders replaced by professional CEOs who destroyed company culture, and sale processes initiated during weak negotiating positions. We also examine the role of founder education about investor expectations and motivations, and how some founders deliberately avoid venture capital to preserve long-term autonomy.