Comments on: Replacing Oneself as CEO

By: Ha Vo

Ha Vo — Thu, 30 May 2013 08:41:13 +0000

Great step!

Enjoyed reading the honesty behind the story, I bet you will find more joy and hopefully more time to balance your life. Being an entrepreneur is great, but life in whole can be seen as an enterprise.

When I quit my own company, due to the opposite case: downsizing instead of growth, I became aware of a lot nice things in life that I just omitted in the 10 years before when my company was growing. Definitely do not lose the entrepreneurial spirit, but how about giving other aspects of life a chance ?

Enjoy!

By: Mike Belsito

Mike Belsito — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:09:03 +0000

Thanks for being so open, honest, and transparent. Too many times, the stories of startups “killing it” get told — and it’s just all rainbows and unicorns. In this case, you guys are doing very well — but you were honest about startup life not being all rosy. As a fellow Founder — I really appreciate that.

Best of luck — and keep up the awe.sm work (sorry — I get enough jokes with my company…had to).

By: You Are Never “Too Good To Step Aside” As CEO | So Entrepreneurial

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:10:31 +0000

[…] thought of it recently as I read a great post by Jonathan Strauss, former CEO and founder of awe.sm, about stepping down from the founder/CEO role after 4 years. […]

By: SK

SK — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:03 +0000

So well stated. Love the honesty and the step-by-step details of the agonizing decision making process. Never used your product, but if it reflects the sincerity and passion of this post, it must be super.

By: It's Your Job To Improve Your Team | AlwaysOn Network

It's Your Job To Improve Your Team | AlwaysOn Network — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:41 +0000

[…] This is true of CEOs as well. We can all be better at what we do – a lot better. It’s easy to fall into the trap of defending our own behavior when someone offers us feedback or constructive criticism. The walls go up fast when someone attacks us, or we fail. But if you switch immediately from “defend” to “improve”, you can often get extraordinary feedback and help in real time. And sometimes you have to replace yourself, as Jonathan Strauss at Awe.sm did recently and explained in his tremendous post Replacing Oneself as CEO […]

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It's Your Job To Improve Your Team Feld Thoughts — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:44 +0000

By: Jesse Miller

Jesse Miller — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:33:27 +0000

Really appreciate the transparency in this post Jonathan. Thanks for sharing this.

By: La Donna Higgins

La Donna Higgins — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:50:45 +0000

You are Awe.sm!

By: Ian Hogarth

Ian Hogarth — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:51 +0000

Proud of you my man.

By: Tilly McLain

Tilly McLain — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:25 +0000

jstrauss++