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I was under the impression that "co-founder" carried a lot more weight than CTO; is this not the case? My gut feeling was that, if I were in the co-founder's sh
by rmrfrmrf 13y ago
I was under the impression that "co-founder" carried a lot more weight than CTO; is this not the case? My gut feeling was that, if I were in the co-founder's shoes, I'd fire the CTO immediately.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoThis would be dumb though, because it would tank your company.
- nextweek2 13y agoYou are assuming that the CTO is the only CTO in the world.
- PeterisP 13y agoLeaving the situation as-is would tank that company. In a small team, infighting is a much bigger threat to survival than losing skills/results of any single individual.
- emn13 13y agoHmm, I'm sure infighting is bad, but often enough individuals do have skills and in particular experience with the setup and/or code and/or business contacts that the startup has made that you're not going to find a replacement nor train one without losing lots of time and money. Certainly that's an avoidable risk with effort, but I'm pretty sure that some level of infighting may be less risky than losing certain individuals.
- enscr 13y agoA CTO with polarized vision would tank the company faster.
- levosmetalo 13y agoSo, if that would tank the company noone gets nothing. If he doesn't fire the CTO, he gets nothing and company may or may not get anything. To me, pretty clear situation what would I do. I would risk the company to save myself from certain loose.
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- stevewilhelm 13y ago> I was under the impression that "co-founder" carried a lot more weight than CTO Depends on the circumstances. If one founder controls a majority share, they can fire anyone they wish. In this current situation, if the CEO controls more than 50% of the shares and the CTO reports directly to the CTO, the CTO can fire the OP.