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E9: Henry Ward on Navigating the Startup Idea Maze and Building to Scale

"1 to 1000" | Scaling Startups with CEOs

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Building an Effective Executive Team: Common Mistakes and Misconceptions

One common mistake founders make when building their executive team is promoting the best performers within their company to head the executive team, without considering their ability to scale the organization. Another mistake is hiring a vision product manager too soon, when they actually need a technical or process-driven product manager to implement their vision effectively. This occurs because founders often resonate with vision product managers and struggle to find them, leading to the hiring of mediocre candidates which can set back the company by six to twelve months.

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