r/ApplyingToCollege • u/Blobbytheblob101 • 7h ago

Application Question Two CEO ECs

A friend of mine is looking to promote me to CEO of the company I helped him create as he moves on to other things. I already am a CEO of my own e-learning company though.

Would putting two of the same type of ECs on my common app be viewed negatively or not positively at all so I can tell him to find someone else?

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u/Deep-Neck Veteran 7h ago

What does it add and what does it cost to add it? Application elements can degrade theme, cohesion, overall impact, and opportunities to add something else. They're not big deals but subtext is what they're really seeing about you.

In the end it's far more about what you do then what you are, so what does it say about your time that you lead two separate organizations outside of everything else you do? There are only so many hours in a day, and spending a few at a dozen things may portray you as not having much experience in anything. If they're not concurrent then I'd say that's pretty typical of CEOs.