Startup CEO

A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business (Techstars)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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You’re only a startup CEO once. Do it well with Startup CEO, a "master class in building a business."—Dick Costolo, Former CEO, TwitterBeing a startup CEO is a job like no other: it’s difficult, risky, stressful, lonely, and often learned through trial and error. As a startup CEO seeing things for the first time, you’re likely to make mistakes, fail, get things wrong, and feel like you don’t have any control over outcomes.Author Matt Blumberg has been there, and in Startup CEO he shares his experience, mistakes, and lessons learned as he guided Return Path from a handful of employees and no revenues to over $100 million in revenues and 500 employees.Startup CEO is not a memoir of Return Path's 20-year journey but a thoughtful CEO-focused book that provides first-time CEOs with advice, tools, and approaches for the situations that startup CEOs will face.You'll learn: How to tell your story to new hires, investors, and customers for greater alignmentHow to create a values-based culture for speed and engagementHow to create business and personal operating systems so that you can balance your life and grow your company at the same timeHow to develop, lead, and leverage your board of directors for greater impactHow to ensure that your company is bought, not sold, when you exitStartup CEO is the field guide every CEO needs throughout the growth of their company.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-09-21
Mått163 x 231 x 41 mm
Vikt726 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTechstars
Antal sidor480
Upplaga2
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9781119723660

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Foreword xiAcknowledgments xiiiAbout the Author xviiIntroduction xixChapter 1: The Importance of Authentic Leadership in Changing Times 1Part One: Storytelling 11Chapter 2: Dream the Possible Dream 13Chapter 3: Defining and Testing the Story 21Chapter 4: Telling the Story to Your Investors 31Chapter 5: Telling the Story to Your Team 39Chapter 6: Revising the Story 49Chapter 7: Bringing the Story to Life 59Part Two: Building the Company’s Human Capital 69Chapter 8: Fielding a Great Team 71Chapter 9: The CEO as Functional Supervisor 83Chapter 10: Crafting Your Company’s Culture 89Chapter 11: The Hiring Challenge 99Chapter 12: Every Day in EveryWay,We Get a Little Better 113Chapter 13: Compensation 125Chapter 14: Promoting 133Chapter 15: Rewarding: “It’s the Little Things” That Matter 141Chapter 16: Managing Remote Offices and Employees 147Chapter 17: Firing: When It’s Not Working 153Part Three: Execution 161Chapter 18: Creating a Company Operating System 163Chapter 19: Creating Your Operating Plan and Setting Goals 167Chapter 20: Making Sure There’s Enough Money in the Bank 177Chapter 21: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Financing 185Chapter 22: When and How to Raise Money 195Chapter 23: Forecasting and Budgeting 201Chapter 24: Collecting Data 209Chapter 25: Managing in Tough Times 215Chapter 26: Meeting Routines 223Chapter 27: Driving Alignment 233Chapter 28: Have You Learned Your Lesson? 239Chapter 29: Going Global 247Chapter 30: The Role of M&A 255Chapter 31: Competition 265Chapter 32: Failure 269Part Four: Building and Leading a Board of Directors 277Chapter 33: The Value of a Good Board 279Chapter 34: Building Your Board 283Chapter 35: Board Meeting Materials 293Chapter 36: Running Effective Board Meetings 297Chapter 37: Non–Board Meeting Time 305Chapter 38: Decision Making and the Board 309Chapter 39:Working with the Board on Your Compensation and Review 315Chapter 40: Serving on Other Boards 321Part Five: Managing Yourself So You Can Manage Others 329Chapter 41: Creating a Personal Operating System 331Chapter 42:Working with an Executive Assistant 339Chapter 43:Working with a Coach 345Chapter 44: The Importance of Peer Groups 351Chapter 45: Staying Fresh 355Chapter 46: Your Family 367Chapter 47: Traveling 375Chapter 48: Taking Stock of the Year 379Part Six: Selling Your Company 385Chapter 49: A Note on Exits 387Chapter 50: Preparing Yourself for an Exit 391Chapter 51: Preparing Your Company for an Exit 397Chapter 52: The Sale Process 403Chapter 53: Transition and Integration 415Chapter 54: Thinking about Your Next Step 419Conclusion 425Bibliography 429What’s Next? 433Index 435