EXTENDING LONGEVITY FOR FIRST-TIME CEOS (Shockwave Innovations)
“Do you want to be rich or the perpetual king/queen?” That’s a question an investor might ask a first-time founding CEO. What they’re trying to determine is if the founder mostly cares about remaining the CEO all the way to an exit, versus doing whatever is best for the company to reach the best financial outcome for shareholders.
Why Can’t the Answer be “Both”?
It absolutely can. And we can all quickly think of examples of big-name tech company CEO’s that started their startup while in college and led it all ...
