Co-founder & managing director vs co-founder

The differences between co-founder & managing directors and co-founders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 8-10 years to become a co-founder & managing director, becoming a co-founder takes usually requires More than 10 years. Additionally, a co-founder & managing director has an average salary of $151,426, which is higher than the $105,022 average annual salary of a co-founder.

The top three skills for a co-founder & managing director include business strategy, financial management and start-up. The most important skills for a co-founder are financial statements, business strategy, and business plan.

Co-founder & managing director vs co-founder overview

	Co-Founder & Managing Director	Co-Founder
Yearly salary	$151,426	$105,022
Hourly rate	$72.80	$50.49
Growth rate	10%	6%
Number of jobs	29,900	4,214
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	39	52
Years of experience	10	-

Co-founder & managing director vs co-founder salary

Co-founder & managing directors and co-founders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Co-Founder & Managing Director	Co-Founder
Average salary	$151,426	$105,022
Salary range	Between $63,000 And $358,000	Between $61,000 And $179,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
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Differences between co-founder & managing director and co-founder education

There are a few differences between a co-founder & managing director and a co-founder in terms of educational background:

	Co-Founder & Managing Director	Co-Founder
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Georgia	University of Pennsylvania

Co-founder & managing director vs co-founder demographics

Here are the differences between co-founder & managing directors' and co-founders' demographics:

	Co-Founder & Managing Director	Co-Founder
Average age	39	52
Gender ratio	Male, 82.7% Female, 17.3%	Male, 66.0% Female, 34.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.0% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 8.2% White, 74.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Asian, 7.5% White, 76.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	10%	12%

Differences between co-founder & managing director and co-founder duties and responsibilities

Co-founder & managing director example responsibilities.

Manage business forecasts, ordering and logistics of materials, equipment and services.
Design online marketing strategy and lead professional marketing team and interns in SEO, SEM, social media marketing.
Provide oversight to ensure projects and programs within various portfolios are in compliance with establish standards to achieve business transformation objectives.
Provide oversight to ensure projects and programs within various portfolios are in compliance with establish standards to achieve business transformation objectives.
Direct product definition, design and production of infrare remote control systems for OEM market.
Identify by OEM's as the regions top retailer due to innovative floor plans and merchandising.

Co-founder example responsibilities.

Manage cross functional teams through all phases of B2C campaign development.
Manage social media connect to the site (20k+ twitter impressions).
Manage and schedule production for assembly, machining, molding and QC departments.
Design and manage user web experience and social media marketing campaign, leveraging 'celebrity' Instagram dogs
Manage drivers and customers as well as all operational functions; including sales billing, accounts receivables and payroll.
Manage all features of business including client service, sales, QuickBooks accounting, purchasing, shipping and customer retention.

Co-founder & managing director vs co-founder skills

Common co-founder & managing director skills

Business Strategy, 16%
Financial Management, 13%
Start-Up, 9%
Business Plan, 6%
Real Estate, 5%
Human Resources, 4%

Common co-founder skills

Financial Statements, 8%
Business Strategy, 7%
Business Plan, 6%
Non-Profit Organization, 5%
R, 5%
Facebook, 4%

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