Threadless Founder is the Next to Yield to Professional CEO

Money Talks.  When the patience of a VC runs thin, you can practically bank on strong suggestions that it’s time for an experienced CEO.

• At Spreadshirt, founder Lukasz Gadowski fairly soon handed over the reins to Jana Eggers and took a place on the Board of Directors.

• The time has now come for Threadless with Tom Ryan taking over as new CEO. Jake Nickell, former boss and founder shifts position to CSO (Chief Strategy Officer).

• After the VC injection in January, we can bet that Etsy will be ready for a management upgrade – at latest by mid 2009.

So far, the theory holds…

Originally posted in German by Jochen Krisch, translated by Jason Soo