Startup businesses

Running a startup business is a lot like walking along a highwire a thousand feet in the air, only that the chance of survival for tightrope acrobats is considerably better. Most startups fail, due to their inability to secure adequate funding to sustain operations until they can begin generating significant revenues. In this rough-and-tumble environment, there’s little room for error—that’s why startups must select their executives with enormous care. A bad CFO can harm an established company, but they can utterly ruin a startup. Recruitment disaster is far from inevitable, however. Here we present a few executive recruiting tips that [...]