What title should be used? CEO, President, Founder, or Owner?

[Leahnidas]

Originally Posted by NJBest

I use different titles based on who I am talking to. Usually President, BD Director, or Principle Consultant.

This. I worked for a small company and the founder/owner/president had different sets of business cards for different events he would attend. In most circumstances he went by "President" though.

In real estate, I've seen "Owner" or "Partner", based on their incorporation structure.

In technology start ups I've seen "CEO and President".

In large corporations you usually see "CEO" unless they aren't actively participating in the business anymore and that's usually when you see "Founder".

[DowntownVentura]

Originally Posted by NJBest

I use different titles based on who I am talking to. Usually President, BD Director, or Principle Consultant.

You may consider polishing the spelling on one of your titles.

[piyf]

I would hate to misspell my title to someone when I meet them Oh wait, you actually talk instead of typing when you meet someone face to face.

[harry chickpea]

If you have a corporation, you do not want to do anything to pierce the corporate veil. Business cards and correspondence that has any legal implication is best signed as Joe Dokes, President, Blah Blah Corporation.