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There is a long history of founders returning to companies and doing great things. Founders are able to set the vision for their companies with an authority no one else can.

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

Lots of companies don't succeed over time. What do they fundamentally do wrong? They usually miss the future.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn't smooth. You'll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don't believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don't give up.

Companies, like people, don't much like to change.

Somehow, the company must stay true to the founding vision while avoiding the pitfalls of rapid growth - and perhaps survive the hiring of a previously successful executive who doesn't work out.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.

Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.

I don't subscribe to the idea that the founders or anyone else were somehow better than us and that we have to live up to their example.