If you opened up a small business in your neighborhood. Can you name yourself "President/CEO of Company XXX". And put that on your resume? So if you apply to other jobs, you have an impressive job title. Will the interviewer go like "WOW, you were the President/CEO of a company?"
| +106 | At what point should you give up? | 57 | 5m | |
| +37 | Recruiting while unemployed | 16 | 1d | |
| +37 | I am lost on the next step - Need Advice | 8 | 3d | |
| +29 | Tips for: LSE MSc Finance-->IBD SA. Should I go for a third internship in M&A?? | 7 | 6d | |
| +25 | SF vs NY IB Stint | 10 | 2d | |
| +22 | Incoming freshmen at bocconi - SA 2025 recruiting | 15 | 1d | |
| +20 | Can I leverage my sister's attendance at Penn to break into IB? | 16 | 5d | |
| +19 | Trying to break into IB | 7 | 1h | |
| +19 | NYC Consumer PE/Growth Funds with decent comp but amazing WLB? | 6 | 1d | |
| +18 | Job Switch Advice | 3 | 9h |
Career Resources
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
no one significant will be impressed by this, you'll become one of the thousands of "entrepreneurs" on LinkedIn
Yeah of course, but all's well and dandy til they just google it.
They'll be able to see through it once you start talking about it. The interviewer will definitely ask some questions about your business.
Most will think it's interesting, but few will be "wowed" by it.
I also wouldn't put "president/ceo". Just say CEO or founder. It sounds overinflated as it is, no need to layer on extra titles
Entrepreneur | Chief Executive Officer | Founder | Managing Director | Thought Leader | Disruptor
The correct term is Principal
Many lean service firms out there that have 1 “key man/woman” aka principal and then 2-5 employees.
Ahh yes. You need to only ask two things: a) What were your sales? b) How many employees do you have?
These two questions get to the heart of the matter if the person's company is legit.
Put founder, owner, or principle/head of.
Anything else is Silicon Valley-esq douchery
President / CEO / Managing Director / etc...only has significance when you have employees underneath you. Otherwise, you are just the "Owner/Founder" and the significance comes not from your title, but from what you actually did that achieved some kind of success.
Not even if you have employees underneath you. If you are an 5-8 person tech start up, not managing contractual work to other companies on top of it, calling yourself CEO/MD/President is just sugar coating the fact you are a garage company.
I worked as a "C.O.O." of a small tech company, stated in my contract, but, I never advertised myself as anything other as Head of Operations. Everyone else were blatantly jacking themselves off as "C-level executives", and it ended up hurting the company and their business relationships. I am the only one who maintained business/investor relationships when the company eventually got crapped on due to the egos.
Accusantium sed molestiae voluptatem pariatur suscipit asperiores. Ratione cum eveniet atque dolorum reiciendis qui sed. Doloremque quod quod ipsum libero ut neque incidunt minima.
Repellat delectus aut assumenda rerum fugit quod provident odit. Similique veniam et magnam vel enim eos. Et rerum similique sint at soluta et qui facere.
Et est qui et alias. Illo consequuntur nam culpa dolor voluptatum.
Sint non deleniti eaque. Eaque ut quod suscipit vero assumenda aliquam quod. Debitis sed culpa vel incidunt in repellendus. Ut repellat qui consequuntur doloribus. Dolor rerum voluptatibus commodi minima delectus sunt. Ducimus consectetur eum quibusdam. At excepturi odit deserunt. Aut temporibus deserunt rerum nostrum consequatur dolore.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...