Interview: The SaaS Builder Podcast
Why enterprise CEOs need a good system, not just scattered best practices.
Newly released today: a chat I had with Randy Wootton of the SaaS Builder podcast.
If you’re a CEO — especially one growing out of startup mode or leading a large organization — I hope you’ll give it a listen. Later on in this post is a breakdown of some of the topics Randy and I hit on. But the overarching message is: CEOs need a good system.
Every discipline has its own basic principles and best practices, whether it’s sales or programming or auto repair. We humans have gotten good at codifying these principles so that new entrants can learn rapidly.
Salespeople get playbooks and scripts.
Programmers get training in data types, control structures, key functions.
Mechanics learn the major vehicle systems and common breakdowns.
CEOs get… basically nothing.
In fact, many new CEOs don’t even realize they need anything. They got this far through their own smarts and tenacity, didn’t they? The CEO job is just the next step up. CEOs also tend to be dominan…
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