“I thought ‘where’s my car and driver?’ And then someone handed me a senior subway pass.”Friedman was the President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. After 11 years in that role she left to found her own startup, Open Road Integrated Media which markets ebooks for sale through online retailers and direct-to-consumer. Friedman’s top tips for anyone transitioning from a large company CEO to a startup CEO can be applied to all leaders. One thing that didn’t change from Friedman’s transition from huge company CEO to tiny startup CEO: “CEOs have nobody to talk to, everybody works for them,” Friedman said. As a CEO and a startup founder Friedman found other CEOs whom she could talk to and learn from.

Source: Forbes September 09, 2018 15:45 UTC