Chesky: Founders fail by letting inboxes set agendas instead of strategy
Brian Chesky · Brian Chesky’s new playbook · Nov 12, 2023 · at 56:42
Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, reflects on how founders become overwhelmed by operating reactively instead of proactively managing their calendars.
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“A lot of founders spend their time based on reacting. So people will email them, and they'll wake up, and they'll respond to emails, and suddenly their email sets the agenda. People ask for meetings, and suddenly the meetings they take are based on the people who email them, versus like, here's my strategy, and then over the next year, what are the relationships I need to have and the meetings I need to take to be able to actually do this strategy?”
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