How to Be a Top 1% Startup CEO

Learnings from Ben Horowitz, Matt Mochary, and more

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For this week’s post, I researched what makes up top startup CEOs and identified 12 traits.

Below you’ll find what they are, and how you can embody them 👇️

Read time: 5 minutes

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How to Be a Top 1% Startup CEO

Set (and Complete) a Top Goal Each Day

Since CEOs have context across the entire business, it’s incredibly easy to get caught up fighting a long list of small fires rather than making progress against the highest leverage tasks that only a CEO can do.

Don’t let this happen to you.

CEO coach Matt Mochary recommends blocking 2 hours on your calendar in the morning every single day and devoting that time exclusively to your single most important goal for the day.

Keep track of how many days you successfully do this and hold yourself accountable.