The second layer
A founder team that had never built a management layer beneath itself.
Six months. Most of the work was making it possible for the founders to stop being the escalation path for everything, which turned out to be a self-image problem long before it was a process problem.
By the numbers
- 20 yrs
- Operating before advising
- 3
- Board seats, maximum
- 140+
- Essays published
- 30+
- Keynotes delivered
Who I work with
- Venture-backed software companies
- Marketplaces and platforms
- Professional services firms
- Non-profits and foundations
- Private equity portfolio companies
Get in touch
A paragraph about the situation is more useful than a formal brief. I will tell you within a couple of days whether I can help and what it would look like.
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