[jwn]

Because the CEO skillsets to grow a company from 1-10 employees is massively different than the skills required to take it to 100 employees.

[toomuchtodo]

Why aren’t most CEO founders replaced then? It seems more often then not, they remain with the org well past 100s of employees, regardless of experience or skill set.

[dasil003]

They used to be, until Zuck. Now the pendulum is beginning to swing back as boards realize that not all founders have both skillsets.

[greghendershott]

And, you probably want someone who joined BigCo when it was YourSizeCo.