Business Quote by Peter Levine

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

— Michael Porter

Being a CEO requires a specific skill set, and a background in engineering equips individuals with the ability to plan logically and make decisions…

— Dinesh Paliwal

The thing that's confusing for investors is that founders don't know how to be CEO. I didn't know how to do the job when…

— Ben Horowitz

It is within everyone's grasp to be a CEO.

— Martha Stewart

With the premise that we look for technical co-founders to run a company, I view myself as being a coach to that technical co-founder.…

— Peter Levine

Am I as experienced, or mature, or smart as others CEOs? No probably not, but there's something, I think, very useful about having a…

— Andrew Mason

Nobody knows how to be a CEO. It's something you have to learn. It's a very lonely job.

— Ben Horowitz

The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees.

— Marc Randolph

I wouldn't be a CEO today if I didn't do different things to build capabilities and build experiences because to come a leader, you…

— Cathy Engelbert

I think there's real value in having a founder CEO. Obviously, I'm biased, but I'm driven by a purpose and a mission and a…

— Julia Hartz

Deciding whether or not to bring in an outside CEO is one of the most gut-wrenching decisions that a founder will ever need to…

— David Cohen

“Learning the nuts and bolts of the company could later give you a big advantage. All of our top growth-mindset CEOs knew their companies…

— Carol S. Dweck