I met Dimple Patel, chief operating officer at independent boutiques platform Trouva, at the Sifted Summit. We both took part in a COO roundtable where one thing became clear: the job description of a COO varies wildly from company to company. I sat down with Dimple for a recent Startup Life newsletter to discuss this further and find out how startup leaders should begin to define the type of COO they’re looking for.
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