Leading Difficult Board Votes to Replace a Startup Founder CEO
Replacing a technical founder who cannot scale into an executive CEO is the most agonizing conversation in venture capital. Here is the dignified transition framework.
Amit KasliwalCEO & Founder, Dehurdle
October 04, 20234 min read
The Transition to Chief Product Architect Script
Recommended Spoken Script
What to say to the founder: "Alex, your technical genius created this product, and that vision is indispensable to our future. But scaling from 50 to 500 people requires enterprise go-to-market execution. We want you to transition to Chief Technology Officer to lead long-term architecture, while we recruit an experienced operational CEO to scale GTM."
The 2-Minute Practice Drill
2-Minute Spoken Drill
The 2-Minute Practice Drill
Practice founder CEO transition conversations in Dehurdle.