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Yet despite these examples, a growing number of aspiring entrepreneurs fear that staying to graduate means missing the most ...

Today, Inc. introduced the 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors, our annual list of investment firms committed to supporting founder-led companies. The Founder-Friendly Investors list recognizes the ...

In my last article, I quoted Noam Wasserman and mentioned the dismal fact that few founders stay on to lead their company — instead, they're often replaced by the investors or board. Wasserman's ...

In recent weeks, the concept of “founder mode” has sparked significant conversation in the tech industry, largely due to a presentation by Brian Chesky, the CEO of Airbnb. Brian discussed the ...

Founder mode favors a founder-CEO’s deep involvement in the company over delegating to an executive team, a strategy endorsed by some industry leaders like Mark Cuban. Research from Harvard Business ...

There has always been a coveted, special role within startups and enterprises throughout Silicon Valley. Primarily driven by the status or caliber of the applicant (think ex-consultant from McKinsey, ...

Tesla, the San Carlos, Calif.-based electric-car startup, has ended a pointless legal battle between its current and former CEOs. At issue: Whether Martin Eberhard, the company's first CEO, or Elon ...

Every year, thousands of nonprofit boards face the daunting task of hiring a successor to replace the seemingly irreplaceable: the long-serving, beloved founder. The transition is fraught with anxiety ...

A special class of genetic mutations that often cause human disease is enabling scientists to trace the migration and growth of specific human populations over thousands of years Two middle-aged men ...