How to Break a Toxic Relationship Between a Technical Founder and Their People

The founder is often the business person, salesperson, marketing person and maybe even the subject matter expert from a market level all rolled into one. The CEO might feel he doesn't have the knowledge to carefully watch what the CTO is doing. When we do find that the product house and the business house are at odds in some way, it's generally because the CTO isn't getting support or the dollars to go do it.