"I've had enough, I decided that I needed to step down," read the letter from the founder Webpoint the board of directors. Les Trachtman, Director General Webpoint, must figure out how to respond to the founder of the "it Trachtman or me" ultimatum. Webpoint was fourth Trachtman job as CEO, and in each case he was hired as the first non-founder CEO, taking on the founder-director of the founders of a friendly team. Trachtman first team went from a mother and son, two brothers, a wife and husband team, and now the serial co-founders, who were best friends. Of these companies, Trachtman learned to manage the founders, who had a strong relationship, but these experiments have not prepared him for the current situation. "Hide
by Noam Wasserman Source: Harvard Business School 20 pages. Publication Date: June 29, 2007. Prod. #: 807173-PDF-ENG
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