No, that would be a successful startups. Most startups I've seen have the CEO sitting on a pedestal (e.g. Steve Case), with the developers at the very bottom of

No, that would be a successful startups. Most startups I've seen have the CEO sitting on a pedestal (e.g. Steve Case), with the developers at the very bottom of the totem pole. He and his execs did not get out of the way and let us do our jobs, they actually did the opposite and made it harder to do our jobs, mainly because we had so much trouble figuring out what it was that they wanted us to build for them. And naturally they expected us to make up the difference from their dawdling and indecision and ship on time, even though they ended up delaying almost all of our projects by around six months.