THE 101 HATS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR
Being an entrepreneur literally means having to wear 101 hats.
One of my best friends will call and ask me “Which Patrick am I speaking with?”. And, I always laugh because he’s right. As the Founder & CEO of a tech company – Kedzoh – actually being the Founder & CEO is the least of what I do. Most of the time I’m wearing any number of hats. I thought I’d share with you what that list looks like. Don’t be daunted by the list. The ability to learn a new role or ‘expertise’ (i.e. product pricing) is part of what you do as an entrepreneur – you just continuously JFDI whatever needs to be done and learn how to do it.
Here’s my list of the hats I wear from time to time.
- Founder
- CEO
- CTO
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Sales Officer
- Chief Liaison Officer
- Chief Investor Relations Officer
- Board member
- Visionary
- Evangelist
- Product manager
- Product designer
- Graphic artist
- Travel agent
- Public relations specialist
- Secretary
- Filing clerk
- Copier jockey
- Strategic planning manager
- Accountant
- Tax accountant
- Human Resource Director
- Training manager
- Hiring manager
- Firing manager
- Project manager
- UX designer
- Programmer
- Code herder
- Logistics manager
- Product pricing manager
- Cost accounting manager
- Excel jockey
- PowerPoint jockey
- Pitch deck jockey
- Pitch person
- WordPress jockey
- Web designer
- Website manager
- Photographer
- Model
- HTML jockey
- Paint jockey
- Photoshop jockey
- iMovie jockey
- Final Cut Pro jockey
- Product tester
- In-house legal counsel
- Options specialist
- common stock, preferred stock, convertible debt specialist
- Negotiator
- Domestic sales manager
- Country sales manager
- International manager
- Business development manager
- Joint venture manager
- Channel sales manager
- Technical support (level 1, level 2 and level 3)
- Training
- Customer support
- Client manager
- Social media manager
- Facebook manager
- Twitter manager
- LinkedIn manager
- WeChat manager
- Blog manager
- Posting manager
- Identity manager
- Marketing manager
- Brand manager
- Blogger
- Speech writer
- Networking specialist (human networking)
- Contact database manager
- Contact database input clerk
- Editor
- Writer
- Script writer
- Cameraman
- Video editor
- Sound editor
- Production assistant
- Production coordinator
- Actor
- Supporting actor
- Director
- Producer
- Furniture installer
- Carpenter
- Electrician
- Mover
- Delivery person
- PC and MAC installer
- PC and MAC technical support
- Software maintenance jockey
- Driver and chauffeur
- Cheerleader, friend, lover (not the kind you’re thinking of) and
- Chief cook and bottle washer
Excuse me, I have to end this post, my second phone is ringing. “Hello, this is Patrick. How may I help you?”.