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By Ankit Mahadevia, former CEO of Spero Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC
The right leaders in the right structure can power companies to great things. The general consensus is that all companies need a CEO and full team at the helm (see here for several posts we’ve written on this topic) to thrive. However, many emerging companies do not have a traditional structure, as I’ve noticed across my Board, venture, and company building experience. These include, for example, companies too early for a CEO and those undertaking the (usually long) process of finding full scale leadership. These teams may…