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Startup CEO


Startup CEO

A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business (Techstars)
Techstars 2. Aufl.

von: Matt Blumberg

20,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 02.07.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9781119723776
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 480

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<p><b>You’re only a startup CEO once. Do it well with <i>Startup CEO,</i> a "master class in building a business."<br />—Dick Costolo, Former CEO, Twitter</b></p> <p>Being 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.</p> <p>Author Matt Blumberg has been there, and in <i>Startup CEO</i> 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.</p> <p><i>Startup CEO</i> 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.</p> <p>You'll learn:</p> <ul> <li>How to tell <i>your</i> story to new hires, investors, and customers for greater alignment</li> <li>How to create a values-based culture for speed and engagement</li> <li>How to create business and personal operating systems so that you can balance your life and grow your company at the same time</li> <li>How to develop, lead, and leverage your board of directors for greater impact</li> <li>How to ensure that your company is bought, not sold, when you exit</li> </ul> <p><b><i>Startup CEO</i></b><b> is the field guide every CEO needs throughout the growth of their company.</b></p>
<p>Foreword xi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xiii</p> <p>About the Author xvii</p> <p>Introduction xix</p> <p>Chapter 1: The Importance of Authentic Leadership in Changing Times 1</p> <p><b>Part One: Storytelling 11</b></p> <p>Chapter 2: Dream the Possible Dream 13</p> <p>Chapter 3: Defining and Testing the Story 21</p> <p>Chapter 4: Telling the Story to Your Investors 31</p> <p>Chapter 5: Telling the Story to Your Team 39</p> <p>Chapter 6: Revising the Story 49</p> <p>Chapter 7: Bringing the Story to Life 59</p> <p><b>Part Two: Building the Company’s Human Capital 69</b></p> <p>Chapter 8: Fielding a Great Team 71</p> <p>Chapter 9: The CEO as Functional Supervisor 83</p> <p>Chapter 10: Crafting Your Company’s Culture 89</p> <p>Chapter 11: The Hiring Challenge 99</p> <p>Chapter 12: Every Day in EveryWay,We Get a Little Better 113</p> <p>Chapter 13: Compensation 125</p> <p>Chapter 14: Promoting 133</p> <p>Chapter 15: Rewarding: “It’s the Little Things” That Matter 141</p> <p>Chapter 16: Managing Remote Offices and Employees 147</p> <p>Chapter 17: Firing: When It’s Not Working 153</p> <p><b>Part Three: Execution 161</b></p> <p>Chapter 18: Creating a Company Operating System 163</p> <p>Chapter 19: Creating Your Operating Plan and Setting Goals 167</p> <p>Chapter 20: Making Sure There’s Enough Money in the Bank 177</p> <p>Chapter 21: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Financing 185</p> <p>Chapter 22: When and How to Raise Money 195</p> <p>Chapter 23: Forecasting and Budgeting 201</p> <p>Chapter 24: Collecting Data 209</p> <p>Chapter 25: Managing in Tough Times 215</p> <p>Chapter 26: Meeting Routines 223</p> <p>Chapter 27: Driving Alignment 233</p> <p>Chapter 28: Have You Learned Your Lesson? 239</p> <p>Chapter 29: Going Global 247</p> <p>Chapter 30: The Role of M&A 255</p> <p>Chapter 31: Competition 265</p> <p>Chapter 32: Failure 269</p> <p><b>Part Four: Building and Leading a Board of Directors 277</b></p> <p>Chapter 33: The Value of a Good Board 279</p> <p>Chapter 34: Building Your Board 283</p> <p>Chapter 35: Board Meeting Materials 293</p> <p>Chapter 36: Running Effective Board Meetings 297</p> <p>Chapter 37: Non–Board Meeting Time 305</p> <p>Chapter 38: Decision Making and the Board 309</p> <p>Chapter 39:Working with the Board on Your Compensation and Review 315</p> <p>Chapter 40: Serving on Other Boards 321</p> <p><b>Part Five: Managing Yourself So You Can Manage Others 329</b></p> <p>Chapter 41: Creating a Personal Operating System 331</p> <p>Chapter 42:Working with an Executive Assistant 339</p> <p>Chapter 43:Working with a Coach 345</p> <p>Chapter 44: The Importance of Peer Groups 351</p> <p>Chapter 45: Staying Fresh 355</p> <p>Chapter 46: Your Family 367</p> <p>Chapter 47: Traveling 375</p> <p>Chapter 48: Taking Stock of the Year 379</p> <p><b>Part Six: Selling Your Company 385</b></p> <p>Chapter 49: A Note on Exits 387</p> <p>Chapter 50: Preparing Yourself for an Exit 391</p> <p>Chapter 51: Preparing Your Company for an Exit 397</p> <p>Chapter 52: The Sale Process 403</p> <p>Chapter 53: Transition and Integration 415</p> <p>Chapter 54: Thinking about Your Next Step 419</p> <p>Conclusion 425</p> <p>Bibliography 429</p> <p>What’s Next? 433</p> <p>Index 435</p>
<p><b>Matt Blumberg</b> founded Return Path in 1999, grew it to 500 employees and $100 million in revenues, and sold it to Validity in 2019. Matt is chair of Path Forward, a nonprofit that helps mothers and caregivers reenter the workforce. He is creating his next startup and writing a companion volume to <i>Startup CEO.</i>
<p><b>PRAISE FOR STARTUP CEO</b></p> <p>"One of the key principles of the Lean Startup movement is that entrepreneurship is management. In <i>Startup CEO</i>, Matt Blumberg provides a comprehensive guide to every facet of entrepreneurial management. An essential and practical guide for entrepreneurs everywhere."<br /><b>—Eric Ries, </b>author,<i>The Lean Startup</i></p> <p>"There's no silver bullet for building a great company. S<i>tartup CEO </i>deciphers the challenging, complex, uncertain, and oftentimes lonely role of a first-time CEO without oversimplifying it."<br /><b>—Ben Horowitz, </b>cofounder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz</p> <p>"I've been on Matt's board for more than a decade, and I've watched him develop into one of the finest CEOs I've had the pleasure to work with. With <i>Startup CEO, </i>Matt allows other entrepreneurs to profit from his years of experience and emulate his remarkable example."<br /><b>—Fred Wilson, </b>cofounder, Union Square Ventures</p> <p>"There is the one-in-a-million company that catches lightning in a bottle and grows like a weed without care and feeding. For the rest of us, there's <i>Startup CEO</i>, the how-to manual for getting there the old-fashioned way. This book will be your coach, mentor, and advisor in any situation you or your company are likely to encounter."<br /><b>—David Rosenblatt, </b>CEO, 1stdibs</p> <p>"<i>Startup CEO</i> is the definitive book for any CEO—first time or otherwise—of a high-growth company. While dozens of books have been written about starting businesses, it's time for entrepreneurs to focus on scaling them. Matt shows them how."<br /><b>—Brad Feld, </b>Managing Director, Foundry Group</p>

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