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Up and Running
OCTOBER 13, 2022
It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. As you find your footing and begin to scale, you might feel ready to hire a formal executive team. With that said, here’s a closer look at when — and how — to hire an executive team. When is the right time to hire an executive team?
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 28, 2014
It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel).
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel).
Gust
APRIL 20, 2014
It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Chief Legal Officer.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 1, 2010
It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel).
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
recently wrote a post talking about how some VCs meddle in operating company decisions or some executive teams are too reliant on VCs to jump in and make hard calls for them. So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.”
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
The constraint between good ideas and growth operates in both directions. “Lean” is great in the early days but if you discover an attractive market opportunity you need to get “fat” really quickly or somebody else will. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios. Growth, again.
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