Being a CEO of a startup is a heavy and complex job. This is a list of 13
things to watch out for CEO of a startup a week, according to Founder and CEO
Fab.com, Jason Goldberg:
1. remember one thing is
paramount.
"Your startup can only do one thing well at a time" as a startup,
we can only focus on one thing. Learn about one of the most important things
and then write on the walls. Repeated continuously every day. Make sure it is
also found in our communication. Don't let the most distracted by other things.
2. remember that you are great
because your team.
"Remember that you're only as good as The Team around you" take
time to develop the team. Point your team to unleash their best abilities.
Their motivation and bring them to peak performance. Give them the freedom to
develop themselves while directing them on the purpose of the company. Treat
employees like family. Startup can be like a home to them. Directing our team
to love the job and the company is very important for success. A Startup is not
just a place to work, but a way of life. As a CEO, our work is not done the
work of others. Our job is to help each person to do the job better. Make sure
they can provide feedback to the leadership so that the leadership can find out
what parts will be developed.
3. wake up the standard value of
our company
"Everyone takes their cues from you" Any employees, customers,
investors, partners, friends, and twitter follower on facebook take an example
from our actions. Does the company we appreciate the speed work? Or very strong
in analysis? appreciate the innovation? give priority to Customer Service? Our
company culture is reflecting on how we act as CEO. So don't be a jerk. Please
act how we want our company to be known. If we are lacking a smile, then our company
is going to do that against us. If we lose our patience, our company will also
be like that. Large companies will be reflected from the leaders and employees
of the company.
4. Spend 75% of time for product
development.
"Your company is only as good as its product" the product we are
a reflection of our company. Do your best in the formation of the product.
Always think of the benefit to the user. As a CEO we also charged could be
Chief Product Officer. As CEO of we should be responsible for every detail of
the products are made. Any product that is made should be able to reflect the
objectives of the company.
5. take note of the number.
My emphasis is not on the budget or cash flow, but on key metrics, please
send an email to Your team weekly to summarize all the key data to drive your
business. Make the email itself. By writing an email to force us to work harder
to analyze the data. Make sure that everyone in the company to focus on the
numbers to drive your business. Create a focus only on the 3 to 5 most
important metriks.
6. exercise.
We as CEO should be able to manage stress and physical with good. Come to
the gym 4 days a week is one of the ways to provide energy and stamina so we
can resolve the issue. Becoming a CEO is very challenging both mentally as well
as physically. Use sports as a way to refresh the mind. If now we haven't done
so, we will be very surprised with how well live when we exercise. Leave our
keyboard and work out.
7. ask for feedback.
"You're not as smart as you think you are" it turns out we're not
as clever as we guess and you will certainly make mistakes. Ask the employees,
customers, partners and all those involved in the business to get feedback on a
regular basis. Make sure in our team there is one person who can honestly give
feedback on our performance. Make sure we have one person outside our members
or outside advisers who can give feedback on a regular basis in the development
of our business.
8. out of Office.
Too boring if we were just struggling with the keyboard and mouse. Quit
Office and berkomunikasilah directly with customers, suppliers, partners,
bloggers, and media. Listen to what they have to say and make the learning. We
don't just see everything according to our vision. We must also be able to
listen to the fact from them.
9. Blog, tweet, read and
participate on the forum'S CEO.
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