founder CEO

also referred to as: founder ceos

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 23, 2023 by Noah Weiss · across every show →

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Jul 23, 2023 positive
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Weiss: Founder-CEO product involvement works best as a U-curve
“I think when to involve the founder CEO in a project is really important. And the short version, I think that works the best is almost like a U curve where the X axis is time and the Y axis is level of involvement. I think you want to get the founders, you kno…”
Noah Weiss Jul 23, 2023 ▶ 14:08 The 10 traits of great PMs, AI, and Slack’s approach to product | Noah Weiss (Slack, Google)
Dec 28, 2025 positive
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MacInnis: Managers must preserve CEO operational intensity rather than buffering their teams
“Your job is not to be one of those buffers. Your job is to preserve that intensity at its highest possible level and let the buffering happen somewhere else.”
Matt McGinnis Dec 28, 2025 ▶ 1:06:33 “I deliberately understaff every project” | Leadership lessons from Rippling’s $16B journey
Feb 15, 2026
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Halligan: Giving tough feedback and layering early leaders is CEOs' hardest skill
“It's that feedback thing. Like all of the CEOs are building their teams. And so many are like, I have a co-founder that runs product and engineering, but I need that co-founder to kind of step aside and be the CTO and the thinker and the labs person. And I nee…”
Brian Halligan Feb 15, 2026 ▶ 24:01 How to be a CEO when AI breaks all the old playbooks | Sequoia CEO Coach Brian Halligan
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