Founder's Dilemma: Relinquishing the CEO title
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Company built a tester marketplace that grows to 60 people across three offices and a community of 15,000 testers, raises seed and Series A, and lands enterprise customers including Microsoft. Founder steps down from CEO after maternity leave and seven months of self-reflection, recruits an experienced external CEO who joins in October and within 90 days brings one of the biggest customers and drives organizational maturity, while founder refocuses on product and community as Chief Testing Officer.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and journey
- 3:42Building Testlio's foundation
- 6:09Founder's evolving roles
- 9:45Team growth and CEO transition
- 13:21Self-reflection and new CEO
- 17:23New role as Chief Testing Officer
- 19:51Final thoughts and takeaways
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