Founder pushed out: companies slide from innovation to stagnation 10 out of 10 times
gdechichi · x · 2026-11-13
The author comments on a founder being pushed out of a company, stressing this is unrelated to any personal issues in the news, and offers a rule of thumb: 10 out of 10 times, when a founder leaves or is pushed out, the company slowly drifts from innovation to stagnation and then irrelevance. The author calls it a sad day.
The quoted reply argues people have no idea how much difference it makes for a company to keep its founder in the driving seat.
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