I think that's exactly what they used to do with many founders of companies. Over time though, the conventional wisdom on founders has started to change: << T

I think that's exactly what they used to do with many founders of companies. Over time though, the conventional wisdom on founders has started to change: << The conventional wisdom says a startup CEO should make way for a professional CEO once the company has achieved product-market fit. In this post, I describe why we prefer to fund companies whose founder will run the company as its CEO. >> http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/04/28/why-we-prefer-founding-ceos/ I think the Parable of Steve Jobs has actually had a lot to do with that reversal.