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When Should The Company Founder Step Down?

When Should The Company Founder Step Down?

by Ian Smith | Dec 5, 2012 | Leadership, Management, Scaling

This Question was asked this week in the FT influenced by the embarrassing debate over the future of Andrew Mason, founder and CEO of Groupon. The answers by an investor, a current CEO and an academic were helpful and can be summarized as: When someone else can do the...

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