Monthly Archives: November 2005

Neverland, or Dictatorship?

As a start-up grows, can the founding team continue to make decisions collectively, or does someone have to rise above the others and become the final decision maker? A couple of years ago at a panel discussion at HBS’s annual

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“Rich versus King”: Charts and Impressions

In the original “Rich vs. King” post (thanks to everyone who participated in the dialogue there and helped flesh out additional pieces of the puzzle!), I argued that most founders will have to choose between building valuable companies in which

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Founding with Friends, Founding with Strangers?

Is it better to start a company with someone you know well (friends, classmates, family members) or with strangers? In my next post, I’ll return to “Rich versus King” and show some data, results, and charts that shed light on

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“Rich versus King”: The Core Concept

Here are three founder scenarios, all with parallels to cases I teach our MBA students: #1: You have an idea for a great product and want to start a company. Do you start it yourself (and keep all of the

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“Founder Discount” Paper: Coming to an AMJ Near You

The “Founder Discount” paper described in “Executive Compensation and the Founder Discount” was just accepted by the Academy of Management Journal. I have added a PDF version of the full paper to the links on the right side of this

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