CEOs · For venture-backed leaders
The board sees the milestone. You see the trade-offs.
Your role
What’s on your desk?
- Revenue is below plan. Which hires can wait without delaying the next release?
- Sales promised a launch date engineering can’t meet. What can you commit to?
- Your next round depends on customer growth. What do you stop funding to reach it?
For example · CEOs
The hiring plan assumes revenue that hasn’t arrived.
Your situation
Say revenue is below plan, but sales and engineering both need hires. You can’t fund both teams at the pace you planned.
How we could help
We help arrange a conversation with a CEO who has faced the same cash and hiring pressure. Bring your hiring plan and the customer commitments behind it.
What you decide
Decide which hires to approve, which to defer and what delivery dates need to change.
A situation you might face. You decide what to act on.
From our operational advisors
Court Lorenzini
Founding CEO, DocuSign
Experience: company building and leadership trade-offs.
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Which commitment needs a closer look?
Share the company commitment you’re weighing. No commitment. If your company qualifies, we’ll reply personally within 24 hours.
For companies that have raised at least $1M from venture firms.