{"id":18353,"date":"2022-02-17T18:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabricegrinda.com\/?p=18353"},"modified":"2022-02-22T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:04:25","slug":"episode-31-from-start-up-to-grown-up-with-alisa-cohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/pt-br\/episode-31-from-start-up-to-grown-up-with-alisa-cohn\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 31: From Start-up to Grown-up with Alisa Cohn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alisa Cohn (@AlisaCohn<\/a>) is a prominent startup coach who has advised founders and executives at Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Bloomberg. She\u2019s one-time startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named the number one \u201cGlobal Guru\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc and she has been featured as an expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News and in the New York Times. A recovering CPA, she is also a Broadway investor in productions which have won two Tony Awards and is prone to burst into song at the slightest provocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alisa\u2019s new book, From Start-up to Grown-up<\/em><\/a> gives founders and CEOs insights from her experience helping companies such as Etsy, Foursquare, InVision and The Wirecutter become headline names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Every founder should learn to become a CEO, even though founders have a certain set of skills that are diametrically opposed to being a CEO.<\/li>
  • Founders who enable the team to succeed will in turn help the company succeed.<\/li>
  • Learn to manage yourself, manage the team, and manage the company.<\/li>
  • Your suggestions, as founder, are taken as orders. Your inklings are taken as orders. So you must be mindful of what you say to the team.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Why make the transition from Founders to CEO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The transition from founder to CEO is a difficult journey. And not every founder successfully completes this transition. But every founder must make a concerted effort at taking the step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the process you will learn new things about your character and your skills. It will push you to grow beyond your current comfort zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As a founder, you need to figure out how to manage your psychology and what your skill sets are. Then you must figure out how to motivate you team and the tactics for providing critical feedback. Finally, you must learn to measure impactful progress vs. mediocre progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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