eCommerce Tycoon

**lynxus** · 07-03-2011, 10:37 AM

Hi Guys,

Silly question really,

I run a small ish business online ( I say small.. Small as in staff , fairly big when it comes to clients etc )

Anyway,
I have people working part time as support and general CS staff. This is fine as their roles can be outlined very well and assigning a "Job Title" to them is easy.

However,
When it comes to myself....

This is what I do.
- Finances ( To a degree, I have someone for this )
- Programming / Design
- Implementation of all new ideas and designs.
- Technical resolution ( If Sales or Support find a inherent issue , I fix it. )
- Marketing
- Sales*
- Support*
- CS*
- Anything else relating to the business.

* - Others have these as dedicated roles.

So essentially, Im the owner..
However. Am i just the "Owner" or am I the "Manager" or CEO or Managing Director or Director or........

People keep giving me different opinions, So its probably a "pick your own".

Just wondered what others think it should be?
What are you?

-G

**chrishirst** · 07-03-2011, 11:01 AM

That would depend on the company registration status.

Strictly speaking you can only be a Director or Managing Director of a registered LIMITED company in the UK

Have a look through the Business Link company administration pages to see what title would fit.

**Jim Gillum** · 07-03-2011, 11:46 AM

Chief cook and bottle washer......

**lynxus** · 07-03-2011, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

That would depend on the company registration status.

Strictly speaking you can only be a Director or Managing Director of a registered LIMITED company in the UK

Have a look through the Business Link company administration pages to see what title would fit.

Thanks for the link man.

Ill give it a good reading.

**C0ldf1re** · 07-03-2011, 06:11 PM

HM Government will insist on calling you the "Proprietor". That is your formal title. For day to day use, you can pick your own.

**Jim Gillum** · 07-03-2011, 06:40 PM

You could use a US host and call yourself anything you want....

**goldenspiralstds** · 07-05-2011, 11:04 PM

I think you can be anything you want to be called as long as your the owner of the business. And as long as your referring to your subjects.

**PrasannaKrishna** · 08-10-2011, 11:38 PM

Your title should show what you do to the people you interact with outside the company.

You say you do multiple things? Then you deserve multiple titles

Think about it - if you were the "VP Marketing" talking to external folks with your marketing reqs, the VP IT talking to your designers/programmers, etc., you'd get more respect and your organization also seems bigger, more respectable.

You are still Jack of all trades, but to the outside world you present the face which they want to see.

**M_wb360** · 08-13-2011, 02:56 AM

If the company is small I would stay away from using CEO, President, Director, etc and would just use a short description of your main duties like Production and Bizdev or Sales and Marketing or something along these lines.

**TWD** · 08-14-2011, 08:49 PM

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rose_...smell_as_sweet

**Shey** · 08-14-2011, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TWD

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rose_...smell_as_sweet

OMG, this is the best post ever!