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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

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Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ).

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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

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For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: Yes, they've hired us, and we hope it's a good sign.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like. In revenue terms our first two years of sales were $2.1 We sold the company when we hit $36 million in bookings and $16 million in SaaS GAAP revenue. Ryan Lissack is the CTO of Maker Studios.

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