Tag: CEO

In this interview, at one moment, the interviewee, who is a developer and a CEO, talked about one of the most challenging times in his company. I recently talked with a founder and CEO of a software development company. I wanted to have his insights on how to start a software development company ...

We’ve seen a wide range of CEO salaries in our portfolio, from as low as $35k annually to as much as $350k. While there is no dataset explicitly outlining salary levels at early stage SaaS companies, we have salary data from tech companies at IPO. This can give a sense for what the salary shou...

In The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz paints a vivid picture of a wartime CEO up against an ‘imminent existential threat’. In the 12 years building tech companies, I did more than my fair share of layoffs. I’ve shut down companies, fired co-founders and had inve...

Some years ago, when I was working as a productivity consultant, I was running a development program for a group of executive leaders in a global water engineering company. I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a leader who was challenged to balance their workload into the available hours....

Are you a Leader aspiring to be a CXO? then this article is for you. Congratulations on reaching where you are in your journey. You are now poised to take that leap into the executive level, but as you may know, a corporate career is like a pyramid and it keeps getting narrower as you move up. If...

All bets are off. That lead investor just pulled out. Your cost of acquisition just doubled. Your biggest customers are leaving. You stare at the spreadsheet. Nothing adds up. Without swift action your runway will shrink until a crash is imminent. What do you do when your worst-case s...

All bets are off. That lead investor just pulled out. Your cost of acquisition just doubled. Your biggest customers are leaving. You stare at the spreadsheet. Nothing adds up. Without swift action your runway will shrink until a crash is imminent. What do you do when your worst-case s...

Nadella’s admission is the latest in a series of regrets from Microsoft executives about the company’s failure in the mobile market. In 2013, former CEO Steve Ballmer said that it was a “missed opportunity” for Microsoft, and in 2019, co-founder Bill Gates called it his &ldqu...

Christian Lessing, CEO of tb.lx by Daimler Trucks & Buses, completed his first year in this new role. With more than 10 years of experience in the automotive industry, there were three topics which connected all of this career steps: transportation, innovation, and sustainability. We talked...

Vincent, my retired CEO, is French. He struggles with English. But he speaks the cold, hard truth. And he works with his eyes open. Vincent was with IBM, Accenture, and Oracle before he started his company. 7 years in the corporate world demonstrated one truth. The odds of the employment ga...

Today, the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) announced Shavon Arline-Bradley was hired to serve as the organization’s first president and chief executive officer. After 88 years, the organization changed its governance structure to work more efficiently. “We are excited to ...

In decades past, manufacturers relied heavily on what is now described as a just in case (JIC) philosophy. The JIC model of acquiring and storing loads of excess parts and materials for later use made a lot of sense at the time according to Kevin Brandes, the CEO of logistics brokerage CargoQuotes, ...