professional CEO

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 28, 2019 by Ben Horowitz · across every show →

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Oct 28, 2019 positive
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Professional CEOs struggle to innovate more than founders struggle to manage
“And we thought there was a reason for that because it was much harder for a professional CEO to learn to be an innovator than for an innovator to learn to be a CEO.”
Ben Horowitz Oct 28, 2019 ▶ 4:42 20VC: a16z's Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building
Jul 29, 2024 negative
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Asparouhov: Professional CEOs lack moral authority to take power-law risks
“The moment that you install professional CEO, that person doesn't have the same level of moral authority or capability to sort of take risks that require you the risks that are required to take in order to, you know, sort of generate those types of, you know, …”
Delian Asparouhov Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 45:51 Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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