@patrick_oshag love your podcast. Do you have an episode that focuses on the transition a founder makes from being involved heavily in operations to being a chairman that can focus on strategy and only those parts of the business they totally enjoy?
-
-
Replying to @Molson_Hart @patrick_oshag
(A thought on an idea implicitl in your question to Poshag...) If you want to hold on to strategy (and I’d guess vision too) but lose ops, it sounds like what you want is not to be chairman — it’s to hire a real COO — as your only direct report. Anyway, good topic suggestion!
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mgirdley @patrick_oshag
I’ve thought quite a bit about this. In a tough competitive industry where the business has not hit maturity, I don’t think ita wise to hire a ceo or coo until they have built amazing systems a role organization chart. Throwing a coo or ceo into the fire without that is dangerous
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
That said, agree with you. My tentative plan is: Systems Some more automation CFO Coo Ceo maybe...
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Molson_Hart @patrick_oshag
Cool. I’ve done it three times now (fourth is starting without me as CEO at all) so happy to help if you ever want it. I learned a great deal.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mgirdley @patrick_oshag
I’m going to spend some time in Austin the next couple of months. Can I visit you in San Antonio?
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Molson_Hart @patrick_oshag
Sure -> michael at girdley dot com
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Gotta get my ducks in a row before I make it down there. In the meantime, any book recommendations on the topic (as I stand here in a half price books)?
-
-
Replying to @Molson_Hart @patrick_oshag
Hard to recommend as I don’t know where you’re at right now in terms of systems+frameworks.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mgirdley @patrick_oshag
That makes two of us. $5mm rev, profitable. 5 employees. Almost all material decisions (too many) flow through me.
0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.