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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by Goladus on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @06:43PM (#54052)
I don't have any personal experience, but here's an article that's been posted here before:

The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 9: How to hire a professional CEO

http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/08/the-pmarca-gu-1.html

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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by nivi on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @07:33PM (#54068)
Take your time.

Understand the new CEO's motivations.

Create a new board seat for the CEO: http://www.venturehacks.com/articles/ceo-board-seat

Bring him on board as an Advisor or Director first and see how that works out.

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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by aswanson on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @08:18PM (#54083)
The Jim Cramer book (of all books) Confessions of a Street Addict chronicles his hiring and firing of a few clueless/alcoholic CEOs when he started his web venture.
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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by epi0Bauqu on Thursday September 13, 2007 @08:22AM (#54184)
Why are you hiring an outside CEO? (Note: I'm not trying to second guess you. I just think your story might be valuable to people on this forum.)
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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by davidw on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @06:58PM (#54056)
Cautionary tale: Fernand Serrat.
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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by msallin on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @08:03PM (#54071)
Hm, been googling him but not much comes up besides mentions that he was lousy and made a surprise resignation at Linuxcare...
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Re:Any words of wisdom on hiring an outside C.E.O? Cautiona... by davidw on Friday September 14, 2007 @04:27AM (#54532)
Oops, spelled it wrong: Fernand Sarrat. Try googling with words such as 'lawsuit', and 'sexual harassment'. Also look around for 'Doug Nassaur' (not the object of Sarrat's affections, but hired by him).
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