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5 Strategies To Go From CXO/CEO/ COO/CFO to Successful Entrepreneur

Lead Change Blog

You had the title of CXO/CEO/CFO/COO and everything that comes with it: The corner office, a closet full of silk [.]. It’s an interesting problem.

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The Unexpected Realities of Being an Entrepreneur

Lead Change Blog

As an entrepreneur, I have worked tirelessly to regain some semblance of comfort and financial security. You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. Very demanding unending responsibilities.

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Elon Musk by Walter Isaascson

Leading Blog

Entrepreneurs are actually not risk takers,” says X.com CFO Roelof Botha. I think a huge part of the way he motivates people are these displays of sharpness, which people just don’t expect him, because they mistake him for a b r or goofball.” They’re risk mitigators.

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Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

Y OU don’t have to be an entrepreneur to be an entrepreneurial leader. Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

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Five Ways to Make the Most of a “Strategic Pause”

CEO Insider

One of my coaching clients is an entrepreneur whose business looks great on paper. In year 2–3, she had made a whopping 83% profit. Everything seemed to be going perfectly. Yet, when we took what I call a “strategic pause” to review her goals, I noted that personally, she wasn’t doing great.

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Why Startups Need To Get The Founding Team Right

The Horizons Tracker

That’s largely the ethos behind accelerators such as Entrepreneur First, who back exceptional people and help them turn their intellect into marketable products and successful businesses. Who would be CFO or COO? ” Entrepreneurial team formation. Assigning roles. Who would be CEO?

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