Comments on: What Does a Startup CEO Need to be Able to Say?

By: cangelor

cangelor — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:07:19 +0000

I would like to share my experience.

As an entrepreneur you can not ask help for everything. If you do like that, you can not build leadership and then you can not effectively build a team.

However, it is no good if you never ask help forever. If you cannot do a thing but you pretend you can, that will make you an arrogant CEO which also hurts your leadership. As a result you can not build a team either.

So you need to have a balance between do it yourself and ask for help. This is actually an art of leadership.

FYI. I’m an angel investor as well. I have copied this blog and its URL to http://cangelor.com/forums/p/85/177.aspx to share with my existing and potential entrepreneurs.

By: cangelor

cangelor — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:07:00 +0000

I would like to share my experience.

As an entrepreneur you can not ask help for everything. If you do like that, you can not build leadership and then you can not effectively build a team.

So you need to have a balance between do it yourself and ask for help. This is actually an art of leadership.

FYI. I’m an angel investor as well. I have copied this blog and its URL to http://cangelor.com/forums/p/85/177.aspx to share with my existing and potential entrepreneurs.

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15 Meanings » Knowing what you do not know — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:51:25 +0000

[...] so now back to the regularly scheduled program. Micah had a great post the other day on CEOs and what they need to be able to say. The crux of the post was that as a leader, you need to know when to say I need help. Then, [...]

By: 10 Ways Your First Impression Fatigues Me

10 Ways Your First Impression Fatigues Me — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:48:05 +0000

[...] is that first impressions matter in “real life’ as well, but like in my post about asking for help the real world and the business world are two different places with very different expectations, [...]

By: msitarzewski

msitarzewski — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:19:37 +0000

This certainly applies to CEOs… but Micah, it actually applies to *everyone* on earth. Admitting you can't do something by yourself enables you to learn from someone who can… for the next time.

By: msitarzewski

msitarzewski — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:19:00 +0000

This certainly applies to CEOs… but Micah, it actually applies to *everyone* on earth. Admitting you can’t do something by yourself enables you to learn from someone who can… for the next time.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:38:17 +0000

Micah, Great post, it is definitely pertinent for CEO,s but it can apply to all levels of management and even transfer over to personal life. I can tell you as a father of 4, I still find myself in the position of asking for help. Another good quote that fits in with this is that in order to be understood, first you must understand.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:38:00 +0000

By: Tom Whittaker

Tom Whittaker — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:06:37 +0000

I had a boss who always used to say "He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning." His family was from Holland and I guess it is a famous Dutch proverb.

By: Tom Whittaker

Tom Whittaker — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:06:00 +0000

I had a boss who always used to say He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. His family was from Holland and I guess it is a famous Dutch proverb.

By: micah

micah — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:28:45 +0000

Tom, I like that quote a lot. I will have to add it to my list.

By: micah

micah — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:28:00 +0000

Tom, I like that quote a lot. I will have to add it to my list.