Comments on: Evaluating CEOs from the perspective of a VC http://www.biggersmall.com/2008/01/24/evaluating-ceos-from-the-perspective-of-a-vc/ Fertilizer for Small Business Growth Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: mcooch http://www.biggersmall.com/2008/01/24/evaluating-ceos-from-the-perspective-of-a-vc/#comment-71 mcooch Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:41:10 +0000 http://www.biggersmall.com/2008/01/24/evaluating-ceos-from-the-perspective-of-a-vc/#comment-71 Thank you, Seth - that's great advice. I think many entrepreneurs/CEOs operate in a vacuum if they don't have outside funding, but it shouldn't be that way if they hope to develop themselves and their business at a competitive pace. Thank you, Seth - that’s great advice. I think many entrepreneurs/CEOs operate in a vacuum if they don’t have outside funding, but it shouldn’t be that way if they hope to develop themselves and their business at a competitive pace.

]]> By: seth http://www.biggersmall.com/2008/01/24/evaluating-ceos-from-the-perspective-of-a-vc/#comment-70 seth Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.biggersmall.com/2008/01/24/evaluating-ceos-from-the-perspective-of-a-vc/#comment-70 mike - your point about self evaluation is right on. i'd extend that to include regular 'check-ins' with people around you that you trust. the point is not after the fact evaluation of performance, but a model and context for a conversation about ongoing improvement. we actually did a similar review of the foundry partners. in our case we had our portfolio ceo's, other board members, our co-investors and our staff (not to mention each other) evaluate us. the results were really interesting and extremely helpful. mike - your point about self evaluation is right on. i’d extend that to include regular ‘check-ins’ with people around you that you trust. the point is not after the fact evaluation of performance, but a model and context for a conversation about ongoing improvement.

we actually did a similar review of the foundry partners. in our case we had our portfolio ceo’s, other board members, our co-investors and our staff (not to mention each other) evaluate us. the results were really interesting and extremely helpful.

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