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Danny Meyer delegates early and lets slow starts scale faster
The Union Square Hospitality Group founder says he hands work over before the business looks ready, and gives new ideas time before judging them.
School-run fumes led to a $50m electric bus business
Duncan McIntyre noticed a bus tailpipe level with his son's face. Eight years on, Highland Electric Fleets runs buses in more than 100 US cities and, on the company's figures, turns over $45m to $50m a year.
Coffee chain that grew from 4 staff to hundreds faces federal suit
Not Your Average Joe is accused of labour violations. Its founder says the company grew faster than its internal systems.
Five places a growing company hides bad news from its founder
Consultant Bruce Eckfeldt argues that scale costs founders their view of five things at once: customers, employees, work quality, profits and decisions.
Two visa routes a startup inherits the day it is acquired
Global Business Mobility sounds like a scheme for multinationals moving executives between capitals. An acquisition or a new overseas parent can put a small UK company inside it overnight.
Half of founders lose the CEO job by year three
Noam Wasserman's study of more than 200 US startups found 50% of founders were no longer chief executive by the company's third birthday. Most did not go by choice. The practice below is about the three things that change first: the calendar, the bench and who gets to decide.