For your point 2, are you thinking about founders in organizations that have theories of change other than doing research? Or are you thinking of founders at research orgs?
The former. Even large research nonprofits (e.g., RAND, AI2, ATI, SFI) tend to be led by people with research experience, though they probably do a lot less research than CEOs at small research orgs.
For your point 2, are you thinking about founders in organizations that have theories of change other than doing research? Or are you thinking of founders at research orgs?
The former. Even large research nonprofits (e.g., RAND, AI2, ATI, SFI) tend to be led by people with research experience, though they probably do a lot less research than CEOs at small research orgs.