I had coffee with an ex student earlier in the week that reminded me
how startups burn through so many early VP’s – but still have a hard
time articulating why. Here’s one possible explanation – Job titles in a
startup mean something different than titles in a large company.
I hadn’t seen Rajiv in the two years since he started his second company. He had raised a seed round and then a Series A from a name brand Venture firm. I was glad to see him but it was clear over coffee that he was struggling with his first hiring failure.
“I’ve been running our company, cycling through Customer Discovery and Validation and the board suggested that I was running out of bandwidth and needed some help in closing our initial orders. They suggested I get a VP of Sales to help.”
To read the full, original article click on this link: Job titles can sink your startup | VentureBeat
Author: Steve Blank
