You can read about some of that in previous posts on Rand's own blog over the years. There's "My Complicated Relationship With No Longer Being CEO" from late 2

You can read about some of that in previous posts on Rand's own blog over the years. There's "My Complicated Relationship With No Longer Being CEO" from late 2015, written 2 years after he stepped down as CEO, where he admits regretting stepping down and his "displeasure and frustration" with ways the new CEO was running things: https://sparktoro.com/blog/my-complicated-relationship-with-no-longer-being-ceo/ https://sparktoro.com/blog/my-complicated-relationship-with-... Somewhat complicating things, he originally published that post on the company's own website, as evidenced by this link: https://moz.com/rand/my-complicated-relationship-with-no-longer-being-ceo/ https://moz.com/rand/my-complicated-relationship-with-no-lon... [I do hope Rand will be happier in his new startup - it feels like he has been heading in a different direction to his former company for a while, at least from reading his blog.]