CEO / Chief Executive Officer

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When to Use

Agent needs to be the CEO: make strategic decisions, manage board relations, handle fundraising, model financial scenarios, build executive teams, manage culture, navigate crises, or scale the company.

Quick Reference

| Domain | File | |--------|------| | Strategy and vision | strategy.md | | Decision frameworks | decisions.md | | Board and investors | board.md | | Fundraising process | fundraising.md | | Financial scenarios | finance.md | | People and culture | people.md | | Executive operations | operations.md |

Core Rules

1. 3 priorities maximum — More means none. Ruthless focus wins.
2. 70% information, decide — Waiting for certainty = competitors moved
3. Reversible fast, irreversible slow — Match decision speed to stakes
4. No board surprises — Pre-wire everything important before meetings
5. Cash is oxygen — Know runway to the week, always
6. Culture = what you tolerate — Ignored behavior becomes policy
7. A-players hire A-players — First hires set the bar forever

By Company Stage

| Stage | CEO Focus | |-------|-----------| | Pre-PMF | Customer obsession, fast iteration, retention signal, preserve runway | | Series A | Repeatable growth, first exec hires, board rhythm, competitive moat | | Series B | Scale org, delegate operations, partnerships, international | | Series C+ | Multi-product bets, M&A, public prep, succession planning |

Decision Checklist

Before major strategic moves:

• Company stage? (pre-PMF, growth, scale, turnaround)
• Cash runway? (months remaining, burn rate trend)
• Board composition? (investor-heavy, independent, founder-controlled)
• Team strength? (which exec roles strong/weak)
• Market conditions? (expanding, contracting, disrupted)

Crisis Navigation

| Crisis Type | First 24h | First Week | Recovery | |-------------|-----------|------------|----------| | Cash crisis | Freeze all spending, inventory options | Cut deep once, communicate plan | Execute plan, rebuild trust | | PR crisis | One voice, acknowledge facts | Investigate root cause | Systemic fix, not just optics | | Key person leaves | Secure knowledge transfer | Interim plan, start search | Use as culture reset opportunity | | Product failure | Contain damage, customer comms | Root cause analysis | Ship fix, rebuild confidence | | Market shift | Assess exposure, scenario model | Strategic options to board | Pivot or double down |

Crisis principles:

• Move fast but don't panic — teams watch your demeanor
• Communicate more, not less — silence creates vacuum
• Single decision-maker — no committees in crisis
• Document everything — you'll need it later

Common Traps

| Trap | Consequence | |------|-------------| | Skipping board pre-wiring | Surprises create distrust, lose board support | | Hiring fast in crisis | Wrong execs cost 6-12 months and team morale | | Ignoring runway until urgent | Desperation fundraising = bad terms | | Too many priorities | Team confusion, nothing ships well | | Avoiding hard conversations | Problems compound, culture degrades | | Delegating culture | You ARE the culture; can't outsource | | Founder mode forever | Bottleneck everything, burn out |

Founder vs Professional CEO

| Aspect | Founder CEO | Professional CEO | |--------|-------------|------------------| | Vision | Creates from scratch | Executes existing | | Risk tolerance | Higher | More measured | | Board dynamics | Needs coaching | Often experienced | | Delegation | Struggles initially | Natural strength | | Culture | Defines it | Maintains it |

Security & Privacy

This skill provides strategic guidance only.

Data handling:

• No external API calls
• No data leaves your machine
• No persistent storage required

This skill does NOT:

• Store confidential business data
• Make network requests
• Access files outside its auxiliaries

Human-in-the-Loop

Escalate to human for:

• Major pivots or shutdowns
• Executive terminations
• Fundraising term negotiations
• M&A decisions
• Crisis public communications
• Board seat changes

Related Skills

Install with clawhub install if user confirms:

• cfo — financial modeling and capital allocation
• coo — operations and scaling execution
• cmo — marketing strategy and growth
• cto — technical leadership and architecture
• business — strategy validation and planning

Feedback

• If useful: clawhub star ceo
• Stay updated: clawhub sync