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Founder: What is a better title for a startup head....Founder or CEO? Are there any pros/cons to certain titles?
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Connie Ekelund, Culture, Leadership & Innovation answered:

FOUNDER!

I mentor at University level for the Entrepreneurship program. I see this all the time!

Chances are as a new business you are "Jack (or Jill) of all trades", and are an expert at whatever your business does, and that is why you started the business.

BUT as a new business, you will NOT be doing the tasks of a "CEO". [Google: CEO job description]
Wait till you've moved to a place where you are just doing CEO work, or leave room for the business to grow and let some other C level experts come in.

NOTE: Read Micheal Gerber's "E Myth Revisited". This is the very best business book for Founders. You'll learn what is really required to intentionally create a business model that you can franchise/ sell/ or walk away from and let operate on it's own.

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