Here you’ll find a curated list of various articles related to operations.

⚪

All about COOs

⚪

General Operations

⚪

Interviews with Operations Leaders

⚪

FinOps

Our most recent finds

Scribe - Best Software for Creating Step-by-Step Process Guide in Ops - by Ops Hacks

Have you ever had to create a step-by-step guide to teach someone how to do something? Maybe you have a Google Sheets dashboard that needs to be updated every week and you've had to write out how to do it for someone else.

www.opshacks.co

Scribe - Best Software for Creating Step-by-Step Process Guide in Ops - by Ops Hacks

All about COOs

Lessons from Trouva: How to define the type of COO you need

I met Dimple Patel, chief operating officer at independent boutiques platform Trouva, at the Sifted Summit. We both took part in a COO roundtable where one thing became clear: the job description of a COO varies wildly from company to company.

sifted.eu

Lessons from Trouva: How to define the type of COO you need

COO salaries: the data

Chief operating officers (COOs) need bags of organisational acumen, and in many cases are second only to the CEO in a startup's hierarchy. From admin to logistics to office management and HR, it's a role that can vary hugely from company to company, and requires an ability to spin plates like few others.

sifted.eu

Second in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer

When Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle, and his chief operating officer, Ray Lane, parted ways in 2000, the event inspired the kind of breathless reporting usually reserved for celebrity divorces. Forbes.com reporter David Einstein wondered in print, "Did Lane quit or was he fired?"

hbr.org

The Rise of the COO Role

I was excited and also somewhat shocked to discover that my Office Hour with Tomasz Tunguz at Redpoint Ventures last week was their most highly attended one ever! As much as I'd love to personally take full credit for that, I think the attendance spoke to the rising need for the COO role, which was the subject of our fireside chat.

allisonpickens.substack.com

COOs are startups' unsung heroes. Here's how you can empower them.

Operations leaders are the unsung workhorses behind many startups. While other C-suite roles are defined based on the work that needs doing, the chief operating officer (COO)'s role is defined in relation to the chief executive officer (CEO) . But the COO-CEO dynamic can be a double-edged sword.

sifted.eu

COOs are startups' unsung heroes. Here's how you can empower them.

So you want to be a COO

Why COO? The scope of the COO role No two COO positions are the same The seven COO archetypes Making sense of the startup COO Words to operate by How to become a COO What COOs read Ever since I discovered a natural talent for SET as a five-year-old, I've identified as excellent at pattern recognition.

medium.com

The Nonprofit Chief Operating Officer

A lone ranger does not drive great results-rather, it is the combined talents of a team of senior executives working together that makes the difference. Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, James Baker and Ronald Reagan, Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes-remarkable leadership is often the result of a remarkable partnership, and a strong second in command is essential to forming a successful leadership team in any organization or endeavor.

www.bridgespan.org

🌐

The DNA of the COO: Time to claim the spotlight Why is so little known about the role of the COO, despite its long history? This report provides much-needed insight into what it is to be a COO today. http://www.agileleanhouse.com/lib/lib/Organizations/EY/DNA of the COO.pdf

What Chief Operating Officers Do

The chief operating officer (COO) is a senior executive tasked with overseeing the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of a business. The COO typically reports directly to the chief executive officer (CEO) and is considered to be second in the chain of command.

www.investopedia.com

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer (COO) - businessnewsdaily.com

A COO, or chief operating officer, is typically the second-highest-ranking executive in a company. A COO is in charge of day-to-day operations as well as executing the company's long-term goals. Because they oversee many different departments, COOs must have knowledge of and experience with many different business functions.

www.businessnewsdaily.com

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer (COO) - businessnewsdaily.com

The Evolving Role of a COO

The role of COO has a strong basis in critical and strategic thinking and also requires an element of creativity, which means having to switch between your left and right brain throughout the day. During my time as COO, I found myself spinning lots of plates.

www.linkedin.com

🌐

Being the CEO's Right Hand: What COOs Really Think Findings from a survey of 52 COOs and operations executives on a range of topics, including COOs' top priorities and what they think will be their future role. https://www.americanbanker.com/slideshow/being-the-ceos-right-hand-what-coos-really-think

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer: Which Type of COO Are You?

Unlike the chief executive officer (CEO) of a company, the chief operating officer (COO) does not occupy a glamour role. If the motives driving your c-suite aspirations include a desire for fame and glory, the COO spot is not for you. You probably want to become the public-facing, idea-generating, power-wielding CEO.

www.noodle.com

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer: Which Type of COO Are You?

🌐

The top 3 challenges for a COO - and how to manage them COO role is complex and difficult to understand. Article by Naomi Bowman, diving deeper into the top COO challenges. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-3-challenges-coo-how-manage-them-naomi-bowman-fica-aca/

The Seven Faces of a Startup Ops Superhero

Most superheroes have a secret identity, the "ordinary" person behind the mask who in their day-to-day life is a journalist (think Superman's Clark Kent), a school student (Spiderman's Peter Parker), or a billionaire industrialist (Batman's Bruce Wayne; some people get all the luck!).

christopherjrbond.medium.com

The Seven Faces of a Startup Ops Superhero

General Operations

Make Operations Your Secret Weapon - Here's How

Etsy COO Linda Kozlowski knows an operations leader is critical to the success of a company. Here, she sheds light on the most mysterious role in the C-suite - and how startups can hire and empower the right COO for their company.

review.firstround.com

Make Operations Your Secret Weapon - Here's How

Operational efficiency - what's the big deal? - Seccl.tech

At Seccl, we aspire to be honest, inclusive, creative, disruptive, and relentlessly focused on our customers' needs. Sure, many other businesses might say the same - but we have another passion that we don't think is shared widely enough in our industry: efficiency.

seccl.tech

The essential skills for a great startup operations manager

An Operations Manager is essential to any startup. Doing odd jobs, answering random questions, taking on small projects that don't fall to any particular team ... countless tasks that don't seem pressing when taken in isolation, but added up are essential to the business.

www.charliehr.com

The essential skills for a great startup operations manager

What does 'operations' mean at a tech startup?

I've been working in 'operations' for a while now and I'm yet to find a consistent definition. I thought it'd be helpful to spell out my interpretation of it and associated terms, for anyone non-technical looking to join a tech startup on the 'business' side of things, with a view to helping you identify roles that suit your skills and interests.

medium.com

What does 'operations' mean at a tech startup?

The Business Operations Playbook: How to implement ops in your startup.

If you're part of a fast growing startup it can sometimes feel like your job is to help add floors to a never ending skyscraper. I like the comparison between building a large structure and working at a startup since it fits nicely with my experience at my previous company.

www.projectbi.net

The Business Operations Playbook: How to implement ops in your startup.

Interviews with Operations Leaders

Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe's Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz by @ttunguz

Travis Bryant: All right, let's get started. Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. We're excited to continue the Month of Scale here for Redpoint Office Hours. I'm Travis Bryant.

tomtunguz.com

FinOps

FinOps: A new profession

FinOps, or Finance Operations, is our name for a massive hole in the accounting sector. It's a skill set, perhaps even an entire industry, that is desperately needed, but doesn't yet exist.

www.linkedin.com

Spending Tips for Startups

Resources from our Partners

Name	Partner
Plan your Worktripp template	WorkTripp
Navigating your legal	LegalEdge
Why use an in-house lawyer?	LegalEdge
Startup Legals: What not to F* Up!	LegalEdge
Finding the right legal resource	LegalEdge
Case Study: How Trust Keith scaled to 7 figures in revenue	Trust Keith
Spending Tips for Startups	Onside Accounting
5 Tops Tips for Choosing an Accountant	Onside Accounting
The Ultimate COO Guide to Offsites	WorkTripp
Stacker School: Tutorials	Stacker
Stacker Overview video	Stacker
Why you need to get serious about Cyber Security	Capsule
The growing problem of underinsurance and how you can avoid it	Capsule
The Ultimate Insurance Guide for Scale-Ups	Capsule
Building a standout CV and a personal brand on LinkedIn	JBM
Safeguarding Success: The growing significance of insurance for VC-Backed businesses	Capsule
Broker not talking your language? Here are your options	Capsule
The Operations Room Podcast > How to hire a COO	JBM
Tips for hiring a COO LinkedIn Post	JBM
Becoming a Chief of Staff Guide	JBM
40 Minute Mentor Podcast	JBM
COO Secrets Mentorship Series	JBM
Free Office Hours	Trust Keith
How to create an impactful offsite	WorkTripp
Plus, big fans of The Operations Room Podcast	WorkTripp
Future of Teams Video	WorkTripp
Future of Teams Podcast episode with Bloom&Wild	WorkTripp

Articles

Here you’ll find a curated list of various articles related to operations.

Our most recent finds

Scribe - Best Software for Creating Step-by-Step Process Guide in Ops - by Ops Hacks

All about COOs

Lessons from Trouva: How to define the type of COO you need

COO salaries: the data

Second in Command: The Misunderstood Role of the Chief Operating Officer

The Rise of the COO Role

COOs are startups' unsung heroes. Here's how you can empower them.

So you want to be a COO

The Nonprofit Chief Operating Officer

What Chief Operating Officers Do

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer (COO) - businessnewsdaily.com

The Evolving Role of a COO

How to Become a Chief Operating Officer: Which Type of COO Are You?

The Seven Faces of a Startup Ops Superhero

General Operations

Make Operations Your Secret Weapon - Here's How

Operational efficiency - what's the big deal? - Seccl.tech

The essential skills for a great startup operations manager

What does 'operations' mean at a tech startup?

The Business Operations Playbook: How to implement ops in your startup.

Interviews with Operations Leaders

Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe's Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz by @ttunguz

FinOps

FinOps: A new profession

Resources from our Partners

Partner Resources