Startup Leadership Experience

Most startups fail not because of a lack of effort, but because of leadership..  Start-ups by their nature require organizations to rapidly confront and manage a considerable amount of change on a daily and hourly basis, and many CEO's underestimate the challenge.

While Startups have a wide variety of people who serve in key leadership roles, amazingly, many CEO's have described their startup experience in remarkably similar terms as "constantly juggling many different balls."  These leaders feared that if they were to take their eye off any of the balls even just for an instant, all the balls would come crashing down.  This led to a sense of being chained as a prisoner to the business, and fueled a desire of the CEO to be involved in every business detail in order to keep the balls from dropping.  Unfortunately, often times the longer and harder they juggled the balls, the worse their business performed.

What many startup CEO's fail to realize is if they are spending a bulk of their time juggling the balls themselves, who is actually guiding the business as a leader and making the fundamental business decisions needed to acquire the positive momentum necessary to reach critical mass? 

For example, who in the organization is asking the basic questions for things like:  Why are we juggling the balls?  How can we juggle the balls better than our competitors and at a lower cost basis?  Will people actually pay an appropriate amount of money so we can profit from ball juggling?  What skills, processes and technologies do we need to master in order to become the world's best and most profitable ball juggler?  What realistically will be our company's funding requirements to fuel our business growth and where will that money come from?  How can I find and attract more customers willing to pay me good money for our ball juggling services?

A proven technique to improve the odds that your Startup will be the one that succeeds, is to partner with a CEO coach.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could find an executive who has already launched a similar business.  Your coach can help you avoid common startup pitfalls and ensure that not only does your company survive, but that it reaches the summit and thrives!   We can help.

Startup Advantages with Pinnacle Peak Advisors

Startup Capabilities

Our team has helped to launch several domestic and international corporations or divisions in several industries and types of businesses, including:  Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Software, eCommerce, Retail, Tax Free Trade Zones, Stock Brokerage, Cross Border Exchange, Credit Cards, Bill Payment Processing, Mobile Telephone, Call Centers, Processing Centers, Business Incubation, and Governmental-Private Sector Joint Ventures..

Capability 1:  Board of Director or Advisory Board Member

A cost affordable way of transferring our knowledge base would be to appoint one or more of our seasoned executives as a member of your Advisory Committee or Company Board of Directors.  This relationship is typically a yearly retainer basis.  This helps to facilitate one-on-one coaching of CEO and other top executives and provides your executives with access to world-class contacts.

 

Capability 2:  Interim Executive Leadership

Your company can appoint our executives as an Interim officer such as CEO, COO or CFO for a defined period of time to achieve specific business objectives, including the training and mentoring of executives recruited to permanently fill those roles.  Assignments are on a monthly basis and typically last about 90 to 180 days or until key milestones are met or permanent executives are appointed.

 

Capability 3:  Traditional Business Consulting Services

Whether you are starting from zero or have encountered obstacles that are keeping your Startup from reaching the top, we can evaluate your situation and custom design a more traditional consulting relationship and an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rate solution that meets your business goals and is within your budget. 

Startup Success Stories and Client References

Press each link below to learn more about success stories where our associates have achieved favorable outcomes for Startup Clients.  The site listed below also includes a hot link to an independent third party who can serve as a reference and confirm our past performance:

 

Client Reference 4:  Startup Subsidiary of Global $450 billion corporation

 

Client Reference 5:  Launching a High-Tech Service Business  

Client Reference 6:  Unique Mobile Phone Solution Replaces Credit Cards