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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. It doesn’t seem fair.

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Are You Ready to be Quantitative? - Startups and angels: Along the.

Tim Keane

Im in Ireland today in a meeting of a company board of which Im a member. As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. Add another sales capability? Im in Ireland today in a meeting of a company board of which Im a member.

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