As an entrepreneur or a private equity investor, you may be involved with businesses that are in their early growth stages and transitioning from “founder-led” to “professional management.”

In this episode, Connee Sullivan speaks with Amanda Eisel, the CEO of Zelis, who has significant experience in private equity and working with founders. Amanda discusses how these transitions affect businesses and the real impact of the founder’s dilemma (the question of when or if you should step aside for an outside CEO).

Amanda discusses: 

• ”03:37” Why businesses experience founder’s dilemma
  
• ”07:58” Whether the founder’s dilemma should be a key consideration in private equity investments
  
• ”10:47” What new CEOs entering founder-led businesses ought to know
  
• ”12:57” Leadership insights to improve your company’s team dynamics
  
• And more
  

Connect With Amanda Eisel:

• Zelis
  
• LinkedIn: Amanda Eisel
  

Connect With SineCera Capital:

• Email: Kevin Kaylakie
  
• Email: Connee Sullivan
  
• Email: Adam Packer
  
• Contact SineCera Capital
  
• (512) 980-4600
  
• SineCera Capital
  
• LinkedIn: Kevin Kaylakie
  
• LinkedIn: Connee Sullivan
  
• LinkedIn: Adam Packer
  

About Our Guest:

Amanda Eisel has focused the last 20 years of her career at the intersection of healthcare and technology. She has been deeply involved in creating and scaling multiple growth technology companies including Waystar, Applied Systems and Viewpoint. Amanda has been a member of the Zelis team since 2019, playing a leadership role across Zelis’ growth, operational and talent strategies. Amanda started her career at McKinsey & Company, where she spent nearly a decade advising consumer companies. Prior to Zelis, Amanda was an Operating Partner at Bain Capital focused on technology and healthcare IT companies.