Fishes, what’s usually the career path ahead for consultants who join pre-IPO startups in Strategy Director / Associate Director positions? Is a business owner role the next natural step?

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Depends. B2B/B2C? Hardware/software? Industry?

BU GM or PnL ownership is often the goal. In my experience, most pre-IPO teams build under Chief Revenue or Chief Operating officers with fewer ‘strategy teams’ and more sales ops and biz ops players.

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