Leadership vs management

• Management and leadership: related but not identical
• Management: methodical process, purpose is to produce desired results on time and on budget. Complements and supports, but cannot do without leadership.
• Leadership: character and vision combine to empower someone to venture into uncertainty. Leaders suspend disbelief of their constituents and move ahead even with little infomation.
• What a startup needs: not one CEO, but three:
• first CEO: "the Retriever", tenacious, inventive- from the muck assemble the core team, product or service, and market direction- all around coherent vision.
  Raise money/secure early customers & partners.
• second CEO: "the Bloodhound", keen sense of direction, company building skills- sniff out a trail, find market & prove business. Build operating team establish market beachhead.
• third CEO: "the Husky", constant, scalpable- lead team, pull operating company which grows heavy with people and public company responsibilities.