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Also, don't call yourself an "entrepreneur" - it's a bit like being calling yourself "hilarious" or "handsome" - it's what other people call you, rather than a job title.



Interesting! I like this logic.

However... what should one call oneself?


Depends! CEO is fine, business development is good too.


Is it even legal to call yourself CEO if you aren't a C-Corp? A basement LLC with a CEO always makes me laugh. How about Owner or Founder?


Of course it's legal, but the "C" stands for "Chief" which has a pretty strong implication that there are non-Chief Executives in the company.

If you're not at a position to have full-time employees whose sole job is to manager managers, it's unlikely "CEO" really fits.


CEO of a LLC is legal if you're in sole control of the company but yeh, owner/founder is fine too. I used to call myself Founder when the company was just me.




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