Contractual holdbacks tied to mandatory co-decision logs force outgoing founders to articulate tacit operational rules before equity consideration releases.
Executive seat transitions succeed when corporate governance explicitly decouples operational mandate from share ownership through binding legal delegation.
Market stress triggers structural authority reversion to founders through informal relational networks, destabilizing appointed successors during crises.
Earnout revenue metrics incentivize sellers to retain personal client control, creating handover delays that elevate post-exit defection risks.
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