Phase 1: High Touch
As your company goes through various phases of its lifecycle, the CEO role must also undergo some pretty dramatic changes. In the formative days of your company, it’s all hands on deck. It doesn’t matter if you’re CEO or intern, you’re getting your hands dirty with the nitty gritty. That’s unavoidable.
However, as your company grows past a few dozen employees, the complexity of the business increases exponentially. At that point, you might find yourself needing to change the hands-on approach if you want to do right by your team. To put it succinctly, at this stage, you should no longer be focused on building an amazing product- you should shift your focus to building a company that can build an amazing product. It’s a nuanced, but extremely important, difference.
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