I’m so glad you went back and decomposed what is really meant here by Founder mode. My argument was always this: if founders were successful as managers, they would remain in place when the business scales up. It’s a hard transition, and there are some excellent managers (Frank Slootman is a poster child that comes to mind) who has operated as a manager in “founder-mode” across multiple companies.
Thanks Raj. Don’t miss the updated posted a few hours ago where I posted Brian’s “on the record” of what he meant from his 1st interview (yesterday - 9/21) since his “off the record” talk from 3 weeks ago. Posted it both on Notes feature here and also and my LinkedIn
@JimCook I love how you framed what you called the trash heap of Silicon Valley advice that evolved over time and how you’ve risen above it with what you called Scaling mode.
Your emphasis on building trust and, in the same vein, creating transparent systems of accountability, is spot on!
I’m so glad you went back and decomposed what is really meant here by Founder mode. My argument was always this: if founders were successful as managers, they would remain in place when the business scales up. It’s a hard transition, and there are some excellent managers (Frank Slootman is a poster child that comes to mind) who has operated as a manager in “founder-mode” across multiple companies.
Thanks Raj. Don’t miss the updated posted a few hours ago where I posted Brian’s “on the record” of what he meant from his 1st interview (yesterday - 9/21) since his “off the record” talk from 3 weeks ago. Posted it both on Notes feature here and also and my LinkedIn
Well done. Graham picked an enemy, which is a great writing technique. And it further helps boost his stock with the founders he wants to support
@JimCook I love how you framed what you called the trash heap of Silicon Valley advice that evolved over time and how you’ve risen above it with what you called Scaling mode.
Your emphasis on building trust and, in the same vein, creating transparent systems of accountability, is spot on!