Wolfe Herd: Founders mistakenly expect employees to share their total obsession
Whitney Wolfe Herd · 20VC: Bumble's Whitney Wolfe Herd on How The Best Leaders Manage Intense Pressure, How To Think Through Risk vs Reward Frameworks & What it Truly Means to Listen so Your Teams Will Talk · Aug 26, 2022 · at 27:50
Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and CEO of Bumble, reflects on how becoming a parent made her more mindful of employees' personal lives and schedules.
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“I think this is a downside of a lot of founders. We assume that the whole world is obsessed with whatever they're building, when in reality, like, they have to go through carpool, and pick up kids, and put food on the table, and do all these things”
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