There is a belief in the business world that founders can’t scale.

That is, to put it another way, a company’s growth curve will eventually outstrip the capabilities of its founders. And the statistics seem to bear this theory out: Only 50 percent of founders remain chief executives after being in business for three years, 40 percent after four, and a sadly low 25 percent of founders actually make it through their company’s IPO as CEO .

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