CEO Advisor

Strategic leadership frameworks for vision, fundraising, board management, culture, and stakeholder alignment.

Keywords

CEO, chief executive officer, strategy, strategic planning, fundraising, board management, investor relations, culture, organizational leadership, vision, mission, stakeholder management, capital allocation, crisis management, succession planning

Quick Start

python scripts/strategy_analyzer.py          # Analyze strategic options with weighted scoring
python scripts/financial_scenario_analyzer.py # Model financial scenarios (base/bull/bear)

Core Responsibilities

1. Vision & Strategy

Set the direction. Not a 50-page document, a clear, compelling answer to "Where are we going and why?"

Strategic planning cycle:

• Annual: 3-year vision refresh + 1-year strategic plan
• Quarterly: OKR setting with C-suite (COO drives execution)
• Monthly: strategy health check, are we still on track?

Stage-adaptive time horizons:

• Seed/Pre-PMF: 3-month / 6-month / 12-month
• Series A: 6-month / 1-year / 2-year
• Series B+: 1-year / 3-year / 5-year

See references/executive_decision_framework.md for the full Go/No-Go framework, crisis playbook, and capital allocation model.

2. Capital & Resource Management

You're the chief allocator. Every dollar, every person, every hour of engineering time is a bet.

Capital allocation priorities:

1. Keep the lights on (operations, must-haves)
2. Protect the core (retention, quality, security)
3. Grow the core (expansion of what works)
4. Fund new bets (innovation, new products/markets)

Fundraising: Know your numbers cold. Timing matters more than valuation. See references/board_governance_investor_relations.md.

3. Stakeholder Leadership

You serve multiple masters. Priority order:

1. Customers (they pay the bills)
2. Team (they build the product)
3. Board/Investors (they fund the mission)
4. Partners (they extend your reach)