Introducing Filter Labs’ New CEO: Why We Made the Transition and What’s Next
On July 1, 2026, Jonathan Teubner walked out of the CEO seat at Filter Labs and Erol Yayboke sat down in it. This conversation was recorded that same day.Jonathan decided years ago he wouldn't be the lifetime CEO. The founder instincts that keep an early company alive — high risk tolerance, selling a product that doesn't exist yet, chasing every opportunity — become a liability at scale, and he wanted out of the seat before that turned existential. A recruiter told him he couldn't hire his way out of it. So he watched his successor grow into the job instead, without telling him it was a…
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