Jesse Downing

Jesse Downing is the founder and CEO of Downing Capital. Jesse has more than a decade of experience starting and investing in startups, and he is the co-author of Investment: A History. 

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The Lonely Summit: Normalising Leadership Support as a Key to Success

Being at the ‘top’ of any organisation is a lonely position. Earning the title of ‘CEO’ or ‘COO’ is not synonymous with knowing it all. Leaders of all organisations – from large enterprise CEOs to startup founders – face difficulties and unknowns like any human being. There’s the persistent responsibility to energise others, which understandably and consequently results in these individuals losing sight of themselves.