Founder, co-owner vs executive director

The differences between founders, co-owner and executive directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes More than 10 years to become a founder, co-owner, becoming an executive director takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an executive director has an average salary of $127,956, which is higher than the $83,356 average annual salary of a founder, co-owner.

The top three skills for a founder, co-owner include business plan, payroll and R. The most important skills for an executive director are oversight, patients, and customer service.

Founder, co-owner vs executive director overview

	Founder, Co-Owner	Executive Director
Yearly salary	$83,356	$127,956
Hourly rate	$40.08	$61.52
Growth rate	6%	-8%
Number of jobs	50,040	97,471
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	52	49
Years of experience	-	4

Founder, co-owner vs executive director salary

Founders, co-owner and executive directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Founder, Co-Owner	Executive Director
Average salary	$83,356	$127,956
Salary range	Between $46,000 And $150,000	Between $76,000 And $213,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Genentech
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between founder, co-owner and executive director education

There are a few differences between a founder, co-owner and an executive director in terms of educational background:

	Founder, Co-Owner	Executive Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Founder, co-owner vs executive director demographics

Here are the differences between founders, co-owner' and executive directors' demographics:

	Founder, Co-Owner	Executive Director
Average age	52	49
Gender ratio	Male, 66.3% Female, 33.7%	Male, 47.0% Female, 53.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 7.6% White, 76.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	12%	10%

Differences between founder, co-owner and executive director duties and responsibilities

Founder, co-owner example responsibilities.

Manage production, oversee international shipping and coordinate between Guatemala and NYC office and international retailers.
Establish a license LLC in the state of Michigan in order to operate a business.
Form LLC and purchase equipment to provide bus transportation for corporate groups, shuttles, and special events.
Leverage existing on-line consignment presence & invest in the training and additional resources require to dramatically enhance e-commerce skills and capabilities.
Generate major OEM product specifications and development plans and schedules.

Executive director example responsibilities.

Manage 10 department heads who supervise a staff of 350 FTE's.
Develop and manage sales teams to assure the highest ROI on the client's investment.
Create and manage a call center for lead programs to support the prospecting activity needs of the FSR.
Freelance blogging to increase website views and ultimately to turn organic content into leads and ROI for small businesses.
Market and manage group and individual insurance programs including health, life, disability, long term care and annuities.
Major accomplishment are to achieve initial NAEYC accreditation.

Founder, co-owner vs executive director skills

Common founder, co-owner skills

Business Plan, 10%
Payroll, 8%
R, 5%
SEO, 5%
Facebook, 4%
Business Development, 4%

Common executive director skills

Oversight, 10%
Patients, 9%
Customer Service, 5%
Financial Management, 5%
Business Development, 4%
Home Health, 4%

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