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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

By Mark Suster on October 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth (know as the Peter Principle). Much less has been said […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged CEO, Entrepreneurship, startup lessons, startups, Technical Founder, vc funding, venture capital

Shockingly Honest CEO Memos–Microsoft, Nokia

Shockingly Honest CEO Memos–Microsoft, Nokia

By Zoli Erdos on February 9, 2011

Engadget calls freshly minted Nokia CEO Steven Elop’s internal letter to the troops “one of the most exciting and interesting CEO memos we’ve ever seen.” Selected quotes: We have more than one explosion – we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fuelling a blazing fire around us. Apple disrupted the market by redefining […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Strategy | Tagged CEO, management

Léo Apotheker's Ascension

Léo Apotheker’s Ascension

By Guest Authors on October 1, 2010

Well there was a lot of jaw droppin over the announcement that Léo Apotheker is HP’s new CEO and that Ray Lane is joining the Board. Here’s all the analysis worth reading. It’s just that, well, hmmmm. I’m a Léo…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CA, CEO, enterprise software, hewlett packard, hp, IBM, Leo Apotheker, sahp, sap

CEO Musical Chairs

CEO Musical Chairs

By Zoli Erdos on September 30, 2010

<quick rant, not qualified analysis, don’t read much into it> So Leo Apotheker got HP.  Or did HP get Leo?  Either way, the former SAP CEO has just been named as the future savior of  HP.  Great pick.  HP’s troops have never been more demoralized, and Leo has a lot of experience with demoralized troops.  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CEO, enterprise software, hewlett packard, hp, Leo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, musical chairs, Oracle, Ray Lane, sap

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