Startup CEO Reflections

A blog about building high potential businesses

  • Home
  • About Jen Baird
  • Guest Appearances
  • Contact Me
  • Home
  • About Jen Baird
  • Guest Appearances
  • Contact Me
  • Beginning,  CEO Essentials,  Founding

    Are You Ready to Commit to Founding?

    Jen Baird / January 25, 2025

    Launching a startup is a big commitment in terms of time, resources, and energy. Before you leap, are you ready for that sort of commitment?

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Compensating Tiny Teams

    March 3, 2023

    What’s in a Name?

    October 5, 2024

    Beginning Again

    January 1, 2022
  • Building a Team,  CEO Essentials,  Team Building

    Facilitating Team Learning Curves

    Jen Baird / January 18, 2025

    Leading a startup means forging new paths, building organizational infrastructure, and ultimately becoming skilled at facilitating team learning curves. This is one of the most challenging parts of being an entrepreneur trying to create a business.

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Equity Incentives for Startup Teams

    May 3, 2025

    Using Retained Recruiters

    April 19, 2025

    Succession Planning Even in Startups

    March 22, 2025
  • CEO Essentials,  Product Development

    Business Founders Must Lead as Product Managers/Solution Architects

    Jen Baird / January 11, 2025

    The title “Solution Architect” is a specific position in the IT hierarchy of a larger organization. Yet, in the context of a smaller organization, often early-stage startup, the role of a solution architect and related product manager is often at least partially filled by the founder and startup business leader. Here are some reflections on what I have learned about…

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    The Value of Doing Something Intrinsically Hard

    May 29, 2021

    Your Investor is Not Your Boss

    March 25, 2023

    Opportunity Costs

    July 29, 2023
  • Being a Christian CEO,  Impact,  Leadership

    What We Choose to Invest Our Time In

    Jen Baird / January 4, 2025

    Each of us must find our own source of motivation – and what works for me may not work for you. However, let me encourage you to take a few moments to reflect and consider what we each are doing and why as we enter a new year. To be mindful and intentional about what matters to us.

    Read More

    You May Also Like

    Coping with Curve Balls

    June 4, 2022

    Fear of the Uncontrollable

    June 11, 2022

    Midway through the Recovery Journey

    June 18, 2022

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • Beginning
  • Being a Christian CEO
  • Blogging
  • Board of Directors
  • Budgeting & Finance
  • Building
  • Building a Team
  • CEO Essentials
  • Commercialization
  • Communication
  • Ecosystem
  • Ending
  • Founding
  • Fundraising
  • Impact
  • Leadership
  • Liquidity Events
  • Management
  • Neurosurgery
  • Product Development
  • Regulatory
  • Relationships
  • Resting
  • Risk & Decision-Making
  • Selling
  • Service Providers
  • Team Building
  • Uncategorized

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
Startup CEO Reflections by Jen Baird 2025
  • Contact Me
  • Privacy Policy