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CEO isn't overly important until you've got a board. It's nice to avoid the job for as long as possible :)

Well, it is good for a few laughs. You get a bit worried if someone walks around calling themselves CEO of a startup with 2 or 3 people in it.

You NEED someone called CEO because partners of various kinds need to know with whom the buck stops. That's the only reason.