Institution director vs co-founder

The differences between institution directors and co-founders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes More than 10 years to become both an institution director and a co-founder. Additionally, an institution director has an average salary of $111,614, which is higher than the $105,022 average annual salary of a co-founder.

The top three skills for an institution director include oversight, integrated marketing and professional development. The most important skills for a co-founder are financial statements, business strategy, and business plan.

Institution director vs co-founder overview

	Institution Director	Co-Founder
Yearly salary	$111,614	$105,022
Hourly rate	$53.66	$50.49
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	9,132	4,214
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	52	52
Years of experience	-	-

What does an institution director do?

An institutional research coordinator is typically responsible for maintaining, monitoring, and assessing instructional databases to support and evaluate an institutional research, long term-planning, and decision making ideas of a researcher or a team. They help with other divisions' or departments' research-related activities, collect and interpret data, and provide technical support for teachers, researchers, and other coordinators. Also, they must monitor documents and research materials to ensure that they are used correctly.

What does a co-founder do?

A Co-Founder is an essential member of a company as they complement the skills, vision, and mission of the Founder. Most of the time, the tasks of a Co-Founder revolve around the financial planning and developing strategies that would be beneficial for the company's financial gain and workforce. Furthermore, a Co-Founder must coordinate with the Founder and other staff and departments to remain aware of the progress or issues, should there be any, to provide timely resolutions.

Institution director vs co-founder salary

Institution directors and co-founders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Institution Director	Co-Founder
Average salary	$111,614	$105,022
Salary range	Between $72,000 And $172,000	Between $61,000 And $179,000
Highest paying City	Washington, DC	-
Highest paying state	New York	-
Best paying company	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between institution director and co-founder education

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

	Institution Director	Co-Founder
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Institution director vs co-founder demographics

Here are the differences between institution directors' and co-founders' demographics:

	Institution Director	Co-Founder
Average age	52	52
Gender ratio	Male, 56.3% Female, 43.7%	Male, 66.0% Female, 34.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.6% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% Asian, 7.4% White, 76.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	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	12%	12%

Differences between institution director and co-founder duties and responsibilities

Institution director example responsibilities.

Lead the team toward delivering break-even EBITDA through focus on product mix, e-commerce growth, margin expansion and expense reduction.
Represent the IRB at relevant meetings.
Obtain financial and quality outcomes for Neuroscience relate programs system wide.
Develop bank's fix income securities sales activities for regions in tri-state area.
Mentore elementary school students as part of a unique partnership between the outreach ministry and the DISD.
Provide guidance and training to staff on IRB management and procedures, and oversee educational outreach to the research community.

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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.

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Institution director vs co-founder skills

Common institution director skills

Oversight, 18%
Integrated Marketing, 8%
Professional Development, 7%
Strategic Plan, 6%
IRB, 6%
Rehabilitation, 3%

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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Updated January 8, 2025

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