Startup Cxo

Praise for STARTUP CXO "The leadership team of a startup/growth company is the heart and soul of the business. While there are many books on how to lead a startup, I have not seen any about how to build the leadership team, how to scale it, and maybe most importantly, how to be the functional leader of part of the startup, whether that is Chief People Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Product Officer, or Chief Financial Officer. In Startup CXO, Matt Blumberg and his leadership team tackle those questions and provide a roadmap on how to do exactly these things. If you are starting a company for the first time, or scaling a company for the first time, or if you have done it before but want to do it better this time, I strongly encourage you to pick up this book, read it, and then give it to each of your functional leaders and ask them to read it too. You and your leadership team will be so happy you did that." --Fred Wilson, Managing Director, Union Square Ventures "The biggest challenge CEOs face? Learning how to effectively orchestrate the activities of a leadership team. Startup CXO is the ultimate playbook for leadership teams looking to scale their business--and themselves as leaders." --Linda Kozlowski, CEO, Blue Apron "Every first-time CEO comes to the job knowing one or two functions really well. What they can get from Startup CXO is a candid view of what 'great' looks like across every function and how the functions should all fit together into a high functioning executive team. Matt and his team bring insights to the craft of leading and scaling a robust executive team in a format that makes it easy to find advice on any challenge you face at any given moment in the journey." --Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio "Like any first-time job, a first-time CEO is learning as they go. Luckily, there are lots of resources and access to people who can help accelerate first-time CEOs through the many learning curves. Fundamentally, being a CEO is a job of leadership and the best CEOs also have strong CXOs. Startup CXO is the perfect companion book for both CEOs and functional leaders to validate and open up new learning opportunities and shared experiences across all functional roles on a leadership team. Every CEO and functional leader looking to get a holistic view of their company and looking to scale should read Startup CXO." --Jenny Lawton, former CXO, Techstars, littleBits, and MakerBot "Startup CXO is a must-read for any CEO--first-time or otherwise--of a high-growth company. Startups move at an extremely fast pace and this book will help your entire team understand how to scale their function and work effectively with others. Read this book before your competitors do." --Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group