Venture Capital Backed CEO Placement Study

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1. Regarding the portfolio company's performance to date, do you consider the company to have been successful in terms of the following metrics?

Unsuccessful Partially Successful Successful Very Successful
Its Peers
Market Share
Brand/Reputation Built
Return on Investment
Other Metric
1a. Other Metric

1b. If you selected either "Market Share" or "Return on Investment", please fill in target numbers below.

Target Market Share
Target ROI

2. The portfolio company has the following status: (choose all that apply)

Still in Existence
Acquired/Merged
Went Through an IPO
No Longer in Existence

3. In absolute terms, how do you rate the performance of the CEO? Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Unsuccessful" and 5 represents "Very Successful".

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Performance of CEO
3a. Compared to his/her peers, how do you rate the performance of the CEO?

Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Unsuccessful vs. Peers " and 5 represents "Very Successful vs. Peers".

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Performance of CEO
4. How would you rate the relative impact that the CEO had on the performance of the company?

Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Minor Impact" and 5 represents "Very Significant Impact".

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Impact of CEO
5. Regarding the Board's relationship with the Founder (if applicable), please rate the following.

Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Strong No" and 5 represents "Strong Yes".

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The relationship is positive.
6. Regarding the CEO's relationship with the Board, please rate the following.

Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Strong No" and 5 represents "Strong Yes".

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The relationship is highly interactive.
The relationship is positive.
The relationship is value-adding.
7. What were the CEO's strongest three characteristics? Weakest three?

Strongest Three Characteristics Weakest Three
Leadership Skills
Industry Knowledge
Industry Contacts
Entrepreneurial Skills
Traditional 'Corporate' Skills
Management Skills
Top Education
Ethics/Integrity
Charisma
Visioning Skills
Analytical Skills
Individual Social and Business Interaction
Execution/Operational Ability
Ability to Attract Top Client
Fund-raising Capabilities
8. What were the CEO's strongest attributes (select two out of three):

Intelligence (IQ)
Emotional Intelligence (Adaptability/Street smarts)
Experience

9. Regarding the CEO in question, would you hire that individual again to run another venture-backed company?

Please assign a rating on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 represents "Would NOT Hire Again" and 5 represents "Would Hire Again".

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CEO Hiring
10. Regarding the CEO in question, which best describes their ethics? (Again, no responses will be attributed to any individual.)

Willing to forego any short or long term advantage to do what is right.
Willing to act on certain "gray areas" to his/his company's advantage.
Play within the defined rules, but aggressively pursue "gray area" advantages.
Will do whatever it takes to succeed, based on assumption that all actions taken will be kept confidential.

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