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The Challenge of Letting Go: Founder-CEO Succession in Entrepreneurial Firms – New Business – Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship

4 Sep 2008   | Founders Syndrome

Tags: ceo · founder · management

LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
  • http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/newbusiness/2005spring_2.html

My research shows that in small companies, it’s still true that when founder-CEOs do badly, they are replaced. But the interesting paradox is that when founder-CEOs do really well, that also increases the chances that they’re going to be replaced. Typically, early in the life of a company-—when it is developing its first product or service—-the founder who conceived of the idea and began developing it is the perfect person to lead the company, to ensure that it will be able to succeed at hitting the core milestone of completing initial development. However, when that milestone is reached—when the founder-CEO has successfully led the company in its most important task—the chances that that founder-CEO will be replaced also increase dramatically.

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  • http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/newbusiness/2005spring_2.html
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