[chadkruse]

Great advice in this thread. If I can leave anything, it's to be very careful not to fall into the I-need-a-COO hole. If you start thinking you need a COO (I really f'n hate that title btw), take Brad Feld's advice and make sure you can define the role as Head of _______. If you can't define that something, you definitely just need a CEO coach and a few smart soundboards to hang around with.

Good luck!

PS - The sharks will all want to be CEO and talk about comp before they've tried out your service...they're easy to flush out.