if you are starting a new organization by yourself, calling yourself founder and/or CEO makes your company look small, clearly identifying you as the only person within the organization.

Founding CEOs of billion-dollar companies have a wide age range, with half over thirty-four at the time of founding. A founder’s age—whether younger or older—doesn’t correlate strongly with success.

most companies rely on interviews, which research has shown to be largely not predictive of an employee’s ultimate success in a company.

Although I am a believer in the wisdom of crowds, I think a leadership hire is a decision to be made by the CEO or a top executive rather than by a group hiring committee. If I had to boil down why, it’s because of the “faster horses” phenomenon. At this level, people at other levels often don’t know what kind of leadership they need.