Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A good early-stage CEO needs to be accessible, to be accountable for producing results and should be establishing the cultural norms of the company through direct leadership at all levels. I never built a Google-sized business but I did build an organization from scratch that grew to 120 employees in 5 countries before we sold it.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 21, 2013

I’ve probably been thinking about this topic a lot lately because I’ve been recently meeting with the other founder at a few of my portfolio companies. For example, at one of my portfolio companies, the other founder looked after administration, finance, operations, product and engineering. And then a VP of finance.

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I was their first full-time engineering hire and I helped build out the team and set the agenda for product development. When you’re at a large company however, especially as a software engineer, it’s easy to get disconnected from the business side of the organization and its direction. Author: Ian Langworth.

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