The number 1 most important thing for you to focus on as a founder or CEO of a startup is going to keep shifting over the life of the company. If things go well while you have the title of "CEO" you may go from coder -> lead recruiter -> eng manager / product manager -> sales guy -> CMO -> acting VP product -> acting VP sales -> external evangelist -> government relations lead -> Global Tech Statesman -> Gubanatorial candidate -> Pundit -> retired old cranky guy who always complains about how much stronger entrepreneurs were "back in my day when YC only admitted 42 startups a batch".
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The number 1 most important thing for you to focus on as a founder or CEO of a startup is going to keep shifting over the life of the company. If things go well while you have the title of "CEO" you may go from coder -> lead recruiter -> eng manager / product manager -> sales guy -> CMO -> acting VP product -> acting VP sales -> external evangelist -> government relations lead -> Global Tech Statesman -> Gubanatorial candidate -> Pundit -> retired old cranky guy who always complains about how much stronger entrepreneurs were "back in my day when YC only admitted 42 startups a batch".