Rayapati: IPOs damage companies by replacing organic leadership with external executives
Vijay Rayapati · How To Hire, Train & Retain Talent To Build A Great Company | Vijay Rayapati | Khadim Batti · Apr 28, 2025 · at 29:23
Atomicwork co-founder Vijay Rayapati discusses the organizational failure modes of late-stage startups preparing for an IPO.
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“Actually, IPOs do most collateral damage to companies, you know, because you bring a lot of CXOs. No, actually, not don't take company public, I think, be confident to take a company public, and while retaining a lot of your founding leadership. With your existing leadership, rather than bringing, at least, like, if not more than half of your leadership does not come organically, then you have a problem, because then the rest of the new leadership does not know how the leadership in this company behaves and operates.”
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