The Apple (80s-90s) that we know of became a powerhouse under John Sculley. It was no longer a garage startup and was now a billion dollar company and had to be run like a billion dollar company. Even in his bio Jobs admittedly brought in Sculley from Pepsi to mentor him on running this large tech company. What he didn't anticipate was the board demoting him, the student, for his teacher. He would go on to learn those valuable leadership skills with Pixar and NeXT.
We see this all the time in unicorns. The founder is no longer the right person as it transitions to bluechip and it takes a different skillset. In my mind Cook and Sculley are equivalent, they are operations people able to run large startups independent of their egos and feelings. Larry and Sergei did something similar when they brought aboard Eric Schmidt to run Google.
We see this all the time in unicorns. The founder is no longer the right person as it transitions to bluechip and it takes a different skillset. In my mind Cook and Sculley are equivalent, they are operations people able to run large startups independent of their egos and feelings. Larry and Sergei did something similar when they brought aboard Eric Schmidt to run Google.