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I believe you can hire organizational managers, as COOs, without sacrificing the founders as influencing CEOs though. When founders are forcefully replaced, the
by qprofyeh 4y ago
I believe you can hire organizational managers, as COOs, without sacrificing the founders as influencing CEOs though. When founders are forcefully replaced, the business loses its colors, its soul, and the source of its vision over time.
- O__________O 4y agoReally depends on a lot of factors, but majority of businesses rarely need a “startup” vibe after reaching scale. Clearly there are exceptions, though all founders die at some point and waiting until they do is rarely best option for the company.
- auggierose 4y agoHow many startups make it longer than their founders?
- O__________O 4y agoFew at scale. Likely most notable example is Apple, especially since Apple brands itself as being innovative.
- qprofyeh 4y agoDefinitely. If founders recognize that they’re no longer able to see the company from a unique perspective, or simply aren’t there most of the week, they should arguably move to an advisor/shareholder role where they’re still inspiring but passively so. Although that’s not always an option granted by investors, is it?
- hef19898 4y agoOf the founders, those lacking the mature skillset to scale and run a proper business, stay around too long or have too much influence, the results can be pretty ugly as well.