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What would the responsibilities of a COO be? What makes a good COO? Do we know any famous COOs ?
by neals 13y ago
What would the responsibilities of a COO be? What makes a good COO? Do we know any famous COOs ?
- frankchn 13y agoA COO is in charge of daily operations of the company and reports to the CEO. A famous COO would be Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.
- neals 13y agoDaily operations as in "make sure the site is not down and make sure everybody in the office is doing something productive" ?
- sfall 13y agothe COO varies based of the need of the CEO and their working relationship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_operating_officer
- jedc 13y agoThis talk/interview of Keith Rabois is great when it comes to talking about what a COO does: http://firstround.com/article/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-COO-how-to-hire-and-why-transparency-matters http://firstround.com/article/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-...
- wwwong 13y agoTim Cook was COO of Apple before taking over as CEO. Steve Jobs may have help bring the iPod, iPhone and iPad to the world. But someone else had to figure out how to get those millions of devices into hands of customers.
- ulfw 13y agoA COO is great in a large company, where the CEO can be more hands-off and have a more representative role. In startups or small companies it's frankly a waste and just leads to very conflicting sets of responsibilities and infighting. Been experiencing this myself.
- neals 13y agoAs a COO or as a CEO?