founder mode

“Every founder that I've worked with or for has operated in one way or another in founder mode.”

“I don't think it's going to lead to, like, a dramatic increase in bad behavior.”

“Founder mode is really good if you have a founder who's right a lot. If they're not, God bless that company.”

“I think for One billion in revenue company, it's actually, it's not it's not that established in a way. You need to get to a critical mass.”

“I read Paul's blog. I feel like he was describing just good management hygiene, and, but then he called it founder mode. I feel like digging into details, making sure you're, you trust, but you verify is what all good CEOs must do.”

“I think it's just a shortcut for describing effective people. I think anyone can be that.”

“I'm anti-founder mode. I believe in delegation. I think when you are telling people how to do their job, that is an indication that it's not a, not necessarily a problem with you. It could just be that that person is not right for that job.”

“The whole notion of founder mode is an extreme reaction to extreme bloat that got created in most Silicon Valley companies over the last decade.”

“Founder mode is just about, to me, it's about tours of duty depending on what's on fire inside the company or like what's the most important thing and what you're best at. You just go crush. You just have to go you know, kill whatever that challenge is. And it…”