FREE DOWNLOAD: "63 Productivity Hacks From 50 Top Founding CEOs" Today's Podcast: Eric Cope, Co-founder & CEO - Smile Squared Do you know TOMS Shoes? Well, think of Smile Squared as the TOMS Shoes for toothbrushes. Eric and his wife created Smile Squared as a way to sustainably help improve the health of children around the world with a simple toothbrush. Their simple bamboo toothbrush has even been on NBC The Today Show and in Oprah Magazine!
But, as many of you know, there is nothing simple about launching a business, let alone a one-for-one social enterprise. During his journey From Founder To CEO, Eric learned a lot about himself and growing a social enterprise. He speaks about:
Why first seeing yourself as the CEO is part of the journey How "doing everything myself" isn't sustainable Why balancing between daily operations and being the Chief Evangelist is so difficult during the early phases of a startup How the one-for-one model only works with sales Why execution instead of deliberation is the default successful startup CEO behavior