Les Trachtman
Seasoned entrepreneur, educator, and author of Don't F**k It Up, with four decades of entrepreneurial experience and roles teaching at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and guest lecturing at Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 18min
“Don’t F*ck It Up": Les Trachtman on Avoiding Post-Close Founder Succession Mistakes
Les Trachtman, seasoned entrepreneur and author of Don't F**k It Up, shares hard-won lessons from four decades of taking over founder-led companies. He discusses how to manage the founder-successor relationship, crafting practical transition agreements, using short mutual renewals as an off-ramp, assessing who to keep or replace, and the value of patience and tactical communication during the handoff.
