It's unclear whether this was and is a mistake. You need different kind of people in the beginning and when the company is executing a tested business model. W

It's unclear whether this was and is a mistake. You need different kind of people in the beginning and when the company is executing a tested business model. We can usefully divide intellectual tasks into two sets: filling and framing. Fillers add more useful detail or content within some framework, while framers explore possible new frameworks. While both tasks are essential, framing has higher variance; most frame attempts fail, but a few produce great value. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/fillers_neglect.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/fillers_neglect.html This definitely causes issues later on when the organization or movement becomes incapable of replacing the original founders. The founders would need to both hire a lot of fillers and also mentor others like them to take over in the future. But this causes enormous resentment. Fillers will feel (absolutely correctly, this is exactly what happens) passed over for promotions that they by every other metric thoroughly deserve.