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The Founder-to-CEO Transition: What You Need to Know

Starting a company and running one are not the same job, and the gap between them catches a lot of founders by surprise. The research on this is old enough to be well established and blunt enough to be worth quoting. Noam Wasserman's study of 212 American startups, published in Harvard Business Review, found that half of the founders were no longer chief executives by the company's third year. By year four, the figure was 40 per cent, and fewer than a quarter led their compan

Samantha Steele

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Chipotle Competitor: 9 Top Competitors in 2024

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., established in 1993 by Steve Ells, has secured its place as a prominent American chain in the fast-casual restaurant industry. Renowned for its Mexican-inspired cuisine, Chipotle is one of the leading names in this sector, with over 3100 fast-casual Mexican restaurants primarily across the United States and a few others in Canada and Europe. Competitors like Qdoba and Moe's Southwest Grill have hundreds of locations each, further intensifying the

Team Growth Navigate

Jul 19, 20247 min read