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April 27, 2023

How to hire an external CEO as an early-stage startup

Hiring a CEO is one of the most important, yet difficult, decisions a founder can make


Volument cofounders

The question of whether a product-focused founder should maintain the CEO title as a business starts to scale is one that stumps many founders at the early stages of company building. 

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Headshot of Liv Price, head of talent at firstminute capital
Liv Price, head of talent at firstminute capital
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WeRoad Cofounder Paolo de Nadai (left) and CEO Andrea D'Amico.
Weroad cofounder Paolo de Nadai (left) and CEO Andrea D'Amico
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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