Exactly. The way I would put it is that this CEO is flunking out in his job. If any executive (CTO or whoever) is not getting things done, CEO's job is to repl

Exactly. The way I would put it is that this CEO is flunking out in his job. If any executive (CTO or whoever) is not getting things done, CEO's job is to replace them as fast as possible. If the CEO is failing to do that, this means he needs to be replaced. Ben Horowitz has an excellent post explaining the CEO job: http://bhorowitz.com/2010/05/30/how-andreessen-horowitz-evaluates-ceos/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/05/30/how-andreessen-horowitz-eval... At the end of the day any company needs real leadership. The one described in the article lacks it.