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Ten Questions Founder CEOs Should Always Be Able to Answer About Their Startups

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The majority of startups solve a problem that is already being solved in some way today. It’s not hard to sell government labs and commercial advanced research divisions one of pretty much anything. Most interesting ideas attract several startups so, odds are, you have fairly direct competitors pretty much from inception.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

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Startup CEOs generally fall into one of two categories and the category is likely to predict how they will approach the ownership issue. CEOs will come and go along a startup’s journey, but there is only one founder [2]. Hired CEOs: It’s the Board’s Company vs. It’s My Company to Run. Founder CEOs: It’s My Company.