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JOSE M BERMEJOBUSINESS COACH FOR FOUNDERS BECOMING FULL-TIME CEOS
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CEO on paper. Everything still runs through you.

The Full-Time CEO Test

For founders and owners of $1M to $6M companies. See how much of your company still runs through you, and what to hand over first.

  • You get
  • Hours and decisions still on you
  • Where the business still needs you
  • What to hand over first
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  • No email needed to see your report. Leave it only if you want a copy.
  • Only you and Jose see your answers.
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32 questions, plus 3 about your company, so the report fits your size and shows your numbers.

From my client work, before this test: Encamina, an IT services company, grew from $3M to $6M in revenue in under 3 years.

Your company

YouCEO6 waiting on you
  • Sales leadRuns sales“They want you on the call.”
  • Sales repQuotes prices“Can we give them 15% off?”
  • Ops managerHires the team“Can you interview her today?”
  • Project leadRuns delivery“Is this OK to send?”
  • FinanceApproves spending“OK to pay this?”
  • Account managerHandles clients“The client is upset. Can you call?”
On paper, each person runs their part.In practice, it all waits for you.

Signs your company still runs through youYou’re still the closer, the approver and the fixer.

You came from product, tech or delivery, moved into sales, and got stuck there.

  • You hired good people. They still ask you first.
  • A week off means a week of messages.
  • Your best hours go to work someone else could do.
  • The company can only move as fast as you can.
  • You feel like the company’s busiest employee.

More hours won’t fix it. It comes from the way you built the company, and that’s what the test looks at.

The 8 founder patternsHow you built it. Why it still needs you.

The strength that built your company is usually the reason it still needs you. Pick what happens most in yours.

Founder pattern

The Commander

Your team waits for your push.

How it built the business

You make things happen. In the early years, deals closed and projects shipped because you pushed them through.

Where the business still needs you

Nothing big moves until you say go, so the company moves at your pace, and no faster.

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Most founders see themselves in two or three. The test shows which one leads, which comes second, and which strength you use least: the one to build next.

From founder to full-time CEO

Growing the company past you isn’t about doing more. It’s a change in your job: from doing the work to deciding, hiring and building.

  • 1What to let go of.
  • 2What to hand over, and to whom.
  • 3What to say no to.

Your energy and attention run out, and most founders spend theirs on work someone else should be doing. The hours you get back go to the CEO’s job: where the company goes next, who you hire, and how it runs without you.

Jose M BermejoBusiness coach for founders becoming full-time CEOs

What you get when you finishYour report, in six parts

It’s on screen when you finish, no email needed. Here is an example, so you know what you’ll get.

Example

Your report

An example, for a founder whose main pattern is the Harmonizer. Yours is built from your answers.

Part 1: Your founder pattern This is how you built it.

The Harmonizer

“The worst thing that can happen is the team falling apart.”

You build loyalty. People follow you, and they stay. That loyalty carried the company through its hardest years.

Your second pattern: the Accelerator. You move fast, and you’d rather fix a mistake than wait for a perfect plan.

Part 2: Where the business still needs you

Problems stay with you, because you put off the hard talks.

When someone isn’t working out, or two managers clash, it lands on your desk, and it waits there.

Part 3: What it’s costing you Example numbers. Yours come from your answers.

12 hours

a week on work someone else could do

About 600 hours a year, much of it smoothing things over yourself.

15 decisions

a week waiting for you

Mostly pay, roles and who leads what: anything that could upset someone.

People you keep

The ones who stopped growing, because letting them go feels like letting them down.

Part 4: Keep, let go, hand over, watch

Your revenue

Keep
The loyalty you build. People follow you. Lead from that.
Let go
Smoothing over every client problem yourself. This quarter, let your team handle the next unhappy client, start to finish.
Hand over
Client problems, to a delivery lead who is comfortable saying no: someone who does what you avoid.
Watch
Before any people decision, ask yourself: Am I choosing this because it’s right, or because I don’t want the conflict?

Part 5: Your next CEO muscle The strength you use least, and the one to build next.

The Architect

You need its strength, not its habit of checking everything. That strength is building things properly, so they hold up without you. For you, it means the roles and routines that let your team decide on their own.

Key question: “What would this look like if it had to run without me?”

Part 6: Your next step

Bring this report to a free 25-minute exploratory chat. You leave knowing if I can help, and what I’d work on first.

If you want help making the change after that, there’s my program, Become a full-time CEO: 6 months, about 2 hours a week. Founding price: $9,000, or 6 monthly payments of $1,600.

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Get yours in about 10 minutes. No email needed.

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Who’s behind the test

Jose M Bermejo

Jose M Bermejo

Business coach for founders becoming full-time CEOs

  • 15+ years selling B2B tech, first as a chief revenue officer who grew revenue 120%.
  • Today, a business coach for founders becoming full-time CEOs.
  • 50+ founders and CEOs coached, and 100+ workshops run.
  • Executive MBA, IESE Business School.

I’ve worked next to CEOs, and I run my own practice. When a company can’t grow past its founder, the cause is usually how the founder works, not the market. I built this test to find it fast.

About JoseJose on LinkedIn

From my client work, before this test

$3M to $6M

Encamina, an IT services company, grew from $3M to $6M in revenue in under 3 years. We worked on how they sell: their close rate on $50K deals tripled.

Hugo de JuanHugo de JuanCEO, Encamina

$200K in 3 months

At Digital Smile Design, a service that wasn’t selling reached $200K in sales in 3 months. I trained and coached the team.

“Jose delivered breakthrough results. A master in business coaching.”

Dr. Christian CoachmanDr. Christian CoachmanFounder, Digital Smile Design

Who the test is forWho it’s for, and who it isn’t

Founders and owners of companies doing $1M to $6M a year, mostly B2B. What you hand over first depends on where you are:

$1M to $3M

Let go of selling and delivery first.

$3M to $6M

Build a team that decides without you.

Most founders are a bit of both. The test shows which comes first for you.

Best for

  • You own or run a company doing $1M to $6M a year, mostly B2B.
  • Sales, prices, hires and most decisions still go through you.
  • You’re the CEO on paper, and you want to work like a full-time one.

Not a fit if

  • You’re still finding your first customers.
  • You already have a leadership team that runs the company without you.

Outside $1M to $6M? You can still take it. Choose “other” on the revenue question.

How it works and what comes after

  1. STEP 1About 10 minutesFree

    Take the test

    32 questions, plus 3 about your company: your revenue, your hours and the decisions that wait for you. That way, the report fits your size and shows your numbers.

    Take the free test

  2. STEP 2When you finishNo email needed

    Read your report

    It’s on screen right away. Six parts, from your founder pattern to what to hand over first, like the example above.

  3. STEP 325 minutesFree

    Talk it through

    Bring your report to a free exploratory chat with me. We start from what it says, so we go straight to what to hand over first.

    You leave knowing if I can help, and what I’d work on first.

    Book a 25-minute exploratory chat

Then, if you want help making the change: Become a full-time CEO, my 6-month program, in a small group and one-to-one with me. If your week is already full, that’s where it starts: the first two months free up hours before you hand anything over.

Length
6 months
Your time
About 2 hours a week
Founding price
$9,000, or 6 monthly payments of $1,600
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The Full-Time CEO Test: questions

Is the test free?

Yes. The test and your report are free.

How long does it take?

About 10 minutes: 32 questions, plus 3 about your company. Your report is on screen when you finish.

Do I need to give my email?

No. Your report is on screen when you finish. Leave your email only if you want a copy.

Who sees my answers?

Only you and I. You don’t go on a mailing list unless you ask to. The privacy policy has the details.

Why does it ask about my company?

So the report fits your size and shows your numbers. Your revenue sets what you hand over first. At $1M to $3M, it’s usually selling and delivery. At $3M to $6M, it’s building a team that decides without you. Your hours and decisions become the numbers in your report. Outside $1M to $6M? Choose “other”.

Do I need to prepare anything?

No. Answer for how you work today, not how you’d like to work. For the hours and decisions, a rough guess is fine.

Is this a personality test?

No. It shows where your company waits on you, what that costs, and what to hand over first.

What happens after the test?

You read your report. If you want to talk it through, book a 25-minute exploratory chat and bring it. You leave knowing if I can help, and what I’d work on first. If you want help making the change, that’s my program, Become a full-time CEO: 6 months, about 2 hours a week. Founding price: $9,000, or 6 monthly payments of $1,600.

Will you try to sell me something?

The test and the report are free, with nothing to buy. The report suggests a free 25-minute exploratory chat as a next step. On that call we can talk about the program, if it fits. If I’m not the right help, I’ll tell you.

See what still runs through you.

32 questions, plus 3 about your company. About 10 minutes. Your report is on screen when you finish, no email needed.

Rather talk first? Pick a time for a 25-minute exploratory chat. You leave knowing if I can help, and what I’d work on first.

Book a 25-minute exploratory chat

Free, about 10 minutes

The Full-Time CEO Test

Questions
32, plus 3 about your company
You get
A report in six parts, on screen when you finish
Your email
Not needed. Leave it only for a copy
Your answers
Only you and Jose see them
After
A free 25-minute exploratory chat, if you want one

Free

Take the free test

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