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Who should be CEO?
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Re: Who should be CEO?
#2How did you guys decide about this? A very important and sensitive question, but if you guys can give some insight on this, that would be great!!
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#3Usually the guy who is handling the business side of things--such as incorporation, running the marketing etc.
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#5The CEO is the business guy. As a CEO, you don't get to code. Instead, you'll get to do the paperwork, answering phones, making cold calls, a lot of meetings, and a lot of traveling. It's fun at first, but gets boring quickly for technical people. You have to be comfortable with that role and must be a good communicator and marketer.
It's a fancy title, but don't let that tempt you against your good judgement. The founders of a lot of technology startups go out and hire an outsider to be the CEO. Google is a good example. Even Steve Jobs hired a CEO in the early days of Apple.
If you're in the very early days, then just put Founder as a title for all founders. You don't need to get into conflicts too early.
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#6How much of a role do investors have in deciding the CEO?
Re: Who should be CEO?
#7The CEO is the business guy. As a CEO, you don't get to code. Instead, you'll get to do the paperwork, answering phones, making cold calls, a lot of meetings, and a lot of traveling. It's fun at first, but gets boring quickly for technical people. You have to be comfortable with that role and must be a good communicator and marketer. It's a fancy title, but don't let that tempt you against your good judgement. The fo…
Makes sense!
Re: Who should be CEO?
#8The CEO is the business guy. As a CEO, you don't get to code. Instead, you'll get to do the paperwork, answering phones, making cold calls, a lot of meetings, and a lot of traveling. It's fun at first, but gets boring quickly for technical people. You have to be comfortable with that role and must be a good communicator and marketer. It's a fancy title, but don't let that tempt you against your good judgement. The fo…
For us, giving the ceo title actually helps. I think even for startup you need that one guy who gives constant thought to the big picture. At the same time, you don't want your chief coder to be day dreaming too much about all the non-technical issues.
So having a ceo as the guy who brings together everything is a good way to establish responsibility and SOME structure in the startup.
I will say that while most ceos of big companies don't spend much time coding, for 2-3 person startups it is very common to find the ceo doing coding and/or designing IN ADDITION to business work.
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#9The CEO is the business guy. As a CEO, you don't get to code. Instead, you'll get to do the paperwork, answering phones, making cold calls, a lot of meetings, and a lot of traveling. It's fun at first, but gets boring quickly for technical people. You have to be comfortable with that role and must be a good communicator and marketer. It's a fancy title, but don't let that tempt you against your good judgement. The fo…
For us, giving the ceo title actually helps. I think even for startup you need that one guy who gives constant thought to the big picture. At the same time, you don't want your chief coder to be day dreaming too much about all the non-technical issues. So having a ceo as the guy who brings together everything is a good way to establish responsibility and SOME structure in the startup. I will say that while most ceos…
Makes perfect sense for a 2-3 member startup, where all the founders wear multiple hats and structuring the different efforts seems like an important undertaking.
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#10Being CEO has its downsides like any other job. It means you are the one that shields everyone else from verbal beatings if customers are unhappy.
You're the guy that takes the heat if something is not going well. Especially at a small company, if someone is going to get chewed out by the customer, its going to be you. It often means you have to stay later and work harder than everyone else.
So. With power (the final say) comes alot of responsibility.
So who should it be? It probably depends alot on the business but lots of styles could work.