I see many founders manage themselves out of their position. You hire a VP or Director to replace yourself in the day to day and then you transition out to the

I see many founders manage themselves out of their position. You hire a VP or Director to replace yourself in the day to day and then you transition out to the point where you can just go do whatever you want inside the company. Want to go back to being an individual contributor? Go for it! Want to just do skunkworks projects? Go for it! There are many routes to happiness while maintaining your company.