I'm in an equal business partnership that will eventually have employees. What should my title be?

I think co-founder is the best because it shows that you have been in since the beginning and doesn't specify your involvement-because we all know that founders wear many hats throughout a company.

More seriously... Co-Director Co-Executive Director.

Principal works But CEO is better in my mind. Everyone knows what a CEO is. Say that you're co CEO's or Business Partners when your introducing yourselves together.

Right now something like "Principal Consultant" works fine, and "Partner" or "Director" would probably be ok but not as informative to anyone that gets your business card. It is probably to your advantage that people realise they're talking to someone who's a technologist and not just a manager. Calling yourself "CEO" or any such invites derision, unless maybe your firm is actually using external resources to work on big projects.

In some cases "Co-Founder" or just "Founder" will work nicely, but I'd maybe save that until you have grown a little bit more. At that time if you like, you can have a double-barrelled title like "Founder and Principal Consultant". Also if there is any difference in the roles you play in the business, you might want to reflect that in your titles.

But I wouldn't go overboard in using big company terminology or trying to sound impressive until you're a little bit further down the track.

Rektoren is German for Principals so how about Rektoren Web Development for the Company name. Anyway to your question. You should still be called Co- Founder or Principal because that's what you are.

If that's not what you want then just use your names because everybody knows who you are.

CCEO, Co-CEO, Head Grunt, Founder, Partner.... Having been a business owner for the past 7 years, I am sure there are more important issues than your title. Focus on having a business in 6 months rather than what your title will be in 6 months.

I would suggest you use the term co-founders. It lets the world and future employees know who and what you are in the company partnership. Then if you and your business partner have more specific functional responsibilities within the company such as chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), chief technical officer (CTO), chief marketing officer (CMO), chief information officer (CIO), chief creative officer (CCO) you can add that to your title.

For example : John Doe Co-founder/CEO Hopefuly that works better for you.

I guess as co equal partner in a business you already have an irrevocable title, which is owner. Now in term business management position you would need another title which will depend on the role you have in the company. If your role is to manage finance.

Head finance officer. Chief of finance, chief or head of operation. President of finance department or section.It's really flexible since your are co owner of the company.

You can play any role you want.

Try: Principal and Co-Founder (all together).

Partnered Principle Executive it gets the point accross while creating an easily remembered acronym. Listrophy P.P.E. Feel free to arrange as you see fit. Ex Principle Executive Partner.

Before you decide what your title be, I think you should first decide what is your role in the company. Once you've defined your role, you could choose your title. - 2 cents.

Principal Partner or Principal Executive sounds fitting. Definitions- Principal : chief, head or leader. Partner: a person who is associated with another.

Executive: a person with administrative or managerial power in an organization. Random House Websters Pockets American Dictionary.

First you must decide who is "first" among equals. You can't run a company where all decisions are decided by consensus. If you are a corporation, legally someone must have the position and title of President, and someone must have the position of Chairman of the URL1 may make sense for one of the equals to have the position of Chairman and the other person the President.

It does not matter what title you use within the company, what matters is how you represent yourself with customers and vendors. Depending upon the nature of your outside contacts a different title would be appropriate. Appropriate titles would include: owner, president, marketing manager, project manager.

Print up several sets of business cards with different titles and depending upon who you are interacting with outside the company use the appropriate business card.

Co-president since both of you are presidents. Co-CEO is also a possibility. Beneath you, you could have many vice-presidents, then executive directors, then directors, then department heads, then supervisors, then members of the technical staff.

All sound prestigious to me.

Edited out double post, My first one wasn't showing up. Sorry about that.

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