Steve Madden: Non-detail-oriented founders cannot remain CEO as a business scales
Steve Madden · Steve Madden: Steve Madden · Jul 16, 2018 · at 35:38
Shoe designer Steve Madden reflects on stepping away from the CEO position at Steve Madden Shoes after his release from prison in 2005.
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“When it's, the business is small, you can kind of be the CEO. So, you know everybody, you live and breathe it, and then you could be a CEO, because you touch everything. But then a business, you know, once a business gets past a certain point, You know, it's impossible for someone like me to do that job.”
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