I’m looking for partners

18 Oct 2012

It sounds like an ad in the classifieds, doesn’t it? Well, it’s for real: I’m looking for three partners to run three of the companies I’m a shareholder in.

Why do I call them “partners”, if the job is actually that of a CEO: because that is what I’m looking for. I am looking for people to take over these companies as if they were their own, to receive ESOP (Employee Share Option Plan) – namely, shares in the companies – and to act as entrepreneurs, putting all their energy in developing the companies. I have never been involved in the day-to-day activity of these companies, only in the Board of Directors, and in this context all the CEOs of the companies in which I was a shareholder were my partners.

Why do I advertise on my blog: normally, I would hire a head-hunting company – and I might still do that. But I said I should try an exercise in receptiveness and use this search method. Let’s see what comes out of it – I really believe we might get better results this way. I’ll keep you posted 🙂

What kind of people I’m looking for:

The world of business today has no boundaries. I am looking for people that can understand how things are done in different parts of the world, in different cultures;
A deep understanding of the internet. Cloud, SaaS, software, eCommerce;
I am not looking for the managers of 20 years ago. I am looking for leaders, for entrepreneurs that can create and reinvent companies;
Perhaps one of the most important attributes is the capacity to build and manage teams of smart and open people;
Without a doubt, the energy level must be high. So should the power/desire to work be.

Altogether, this is what we have: there are 3 companies I’m a shareholder in, companies that are looking for leaders to take them to the next level, to make the necessary changes. None of the companies is in need of emergency changes. What they need is growth and evolution. If you think you are suitable for the job, I would like to know you – please send a CV to my personal email, available on the blog.

PS. After I read the post to my wife, she suggested that I write which companies I am talking about. It’s clear that this is the first question that comes after you read this. I am not telling you, but you can guess that I have bold projects 🙂

(English version by Teodora Popescu)

Original Romanian version

Caut parteneri

Suna ca un anunt de mica publicitate, nu-i asa? Ei bine, este chiar pe bune: caut trei parteneri, care sa conduca trei dintre companiile la care sunt actionar.

De ce le spun “parteneri”, cand jobul este de CEO: pentru ca asta este de fapt ce caut. Caut oameni care sa preia aceste companii ca si cand ar fi ale lor. Sa primeasca ESOP (Employee Share Option Plan) – adica actiuni in companie – si sa actioneze ca un antreprenor, crescand compania cu toata energia lor. Nu m-am implicat niciodata in activitatea de zi cu zi a companiilor, ci doar in Board of Directors, si in aceste conditii toti directorii generali din companiile in care am fost actionar au fost parteneri pentru mine.

De ce anunt pe blog: in mod normal as angaja o companie de head-hunting – si chiar este posibil sa fac asta si acum. Dar am spus sa incerc un exercitiu de deschidere si sa fac aceasta cautare in modul asta. Sa vedem ce iese – eu chiar cred ca este probabil sa avem rezultate mai bune asa. Va tin la curent 🙂

Ce fel de oameni caut:

Businessul de astazi nu are granite. Caut oameni care sa intelega cum se intampla lucrurile in diverse parti ale lumii, in diferite culturi;
O intelegere foarte adanca a internetului. Cloud, SaaS, Software, ecommerce;
Nu caut manageri de acum 20 de ani. Caut leaderi, caut antreprenori care sa poata crea si reinventa companiile;
Poate unul din atributele cele mai importante este capacitatea de a construi si gestiona echipe de oameni destepti si deschisi;
Fara indoiala ca nivelul de energie trebuie sa fie mare. La fel si puterea/dorinta de munca.

Una peste alta deci, treaba e asa: se dau 3 companii in care sunt actionar. Companii care isi cauta cate un leader care sa le treaca la nivelul urmator, sa faca schimbarea necesara. In nici una din companii nu este vorba de o schimbare de avarie, ci de crestere si evolutie. Daca credeti ca sunteti potriviti pentru asta, as vrea sa va cunosc – trimiteti-mi va rog un CV pe emailul propriu, disponibil in blog.

PS. Dupa ce am citit postul sotiei, mi-a sugerat sa scriu si despre ce companii este vorba. Imi este clar ca asta este prima intrebare care vine dupa ce cititi asta. Nu va spun J dar puteti banui ca am proiecte indraznete 🙂

Tags: CEO, Cloud, eCommerce, Executive Search, Internet, Partner, SaaS

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raul

October 18th, 2012 at 11:03 am

Mult succes Radu! De ce nu incerci sa gasesti oamenii potriviti prin Avangate? Ai la dispozitie o baza destul de mare de persoane care s-ar potrivi profilului…

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