Startup CEO: How to Build a Company to Success

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4.18 (1207ratings)

Author:Matt Blumberg

Published:September 3rd 2013 by John Wiley & Sons (first published January 1st 2013)

Book genres

Business, Entrepreneurship, Management, Leadership, Nonfiction, Collections

Topics

Entrepreneurship, Startup, Leadership, Management, CEO, Startup Growth

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A definitive book for any CEO--first time or otherwise--of a high-growth companyWhile big company CEOs are usually groomed for the job for years, startup CEOs aren`t--and they`re often young and relatively inexperienced in business in general. Author Matt Blumberg, a technology and marketing entrepreneur, knows this all too well. Back in 1999, he started a company called Return Path, which later became the driving force behind the creation of his blog, OnlyOnce--because "you`re only a first time CEO once."

Now, more than a decade later, he`s written "Startup CEO." As the fifth book in the "StartUp Revolution" series, this reliable resource is based on Blumberg`s experience as a startup CEO and covers a number of issues he`s faced over the dozen years he`s been a CEO.Offers valuable insights into how the CEO sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholdersDiscusses how to build a company`s human capital by recruiting, hiring, and retaining the very best talentExamines how a CEO must align available resources with the company`s strategy in order to ensure successAddresses what it takes to master the "How" of being a CEO--from leading an executive team to managing in any type of market

Engaging and informative, this book is essential reading for any, and every, CEO.