Are Startup CEOs Really CEOs?

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss if startup CEOs can really be considered as CEOs. The CEO title bears a lot of responsibility – it’s a nice title to have alongside your name but the question is, are you qualified to have it? It’s easy to get the title, in fact, anyone can become one but do you have the right qualifications and enough experience to be called a CEO?

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:16 Just because you have the title, it doesn’t mean you’re qualified
• 06:12 CEOs need to manage people
• 09:01 CEOs have experience
• 13:27 Start-up CEOs can’t be corporate CEOs and vice versa
• 18:42 There are different types of growth
• 20:27 Your focus will change when you reach 80 people inflection point
• 23:34 The CEO job can get dreadful
• 25:38 The problem with hiring overqualified people than the CEO
• 27:16 Don’t let other people replace your CEO role entirely
• 30:00 Anyone can get the title, but you have to earn the job