Joel co-founded Lone Rock Technology Group in 2011 as a private equity firm focused on acquiring enterprise software companies. Lone Rock acquired two software companies and grew the asset values significantly. Lone Rock exited one investment in 2018 and remains the owner of IGrafx, a business process analysis firm.

The CEO Tightrope

No CEO can find a point of balance and then stand still – that’s not even possible on a tightrope. The expectation is that the business must always move forward.

The American CEO walks a tightrope daily…many times blindfold and without a net. The job of balancing the often-competing interests of a company’s constituents is so challenging that the average lifespan of a newly minted CEO is around five years. Why is it that individuals who have been wildly successful at every other position in their career often fail when they get to the CEO chair?