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Founder Mode - Paul Graham

Founder mode will be more complicated than manager mode. But it will also work better. We already know that from the examples of individual founders groping ...

'Founder mode' is the latest Silicon Valley buzzword telling ... - CNN

Founder mode, in short, is when a chief executive runs the business with a hands-on approach at all levels. Manager mode involves delegating to ...

Coaching Founder Mode - Silicon Valley Product Group

Founder mode does not mean hands-off delegation, but it also does not mean micro-managing. It is a manifestation of the passion for the customer ...

Weekly Thoughts - Founder vs. Manager Mode - Chenmark

The conventional wisdom that founders must step aside and hire “seasoned” outside expert managers in order to scale a business is misguided.

Beware of founder mode - LeadDev

Founder mode relies on a steady stream of “skip-level” meetings, where leaders engage with rank-and-file workers directly, rather than through ...

We Are Not The Same: The Obligatory Post on "Founder Mode"

Founder-mode is defined in opposition to manager-mode, the conventional wisdom as taught in business schools, about how to manage an ...

You Don't Have To Be A Founder To Get Into Founder Mode - Forbes

“Founder mode” shouldn't mean that you abdicate responsibility of leading your people, giving them clarity of direction or feedback that a manager would give.

What is "founder mode"? - Hacker News

A young, inexperienced founder with limited management experience is running a rapidly scaling company. Famous VCs invest a lot of money and join the board.

What Founder Mode Really Means - YouTube

Thanks to a recent talk by Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and a follow up essay by Paul Graham (https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html), ...

Founder Mode is Incredibly Powerful (and Dangerous) - LinkedIn

“Founder mode” is incredibly powerful. In the hands of a bad, selfish, and/or incompetent leader, it is an invitation to create a solipsistic system of ...

Founder Mode. Last week, Paul Graham, Y Combinator… | by MAA1

Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder, dropped his latest essay titled “Founder Mode” which got a lot of online noise with people defending and challenging it ...

Founder Mode: A New Name for an Old Challenge - CFOShare

“Founder Mode” is an experimental new way of scaling businesses which Silicon Valley is actively defining.

'Founder Mode' Explains the Rise of Trump in Silicon Valley

A recently coined management style being celebrated by some venture capitalists, it embraces the notion that a company's founder must make decisions ...

What Founder Mode Actually Means - LinkedIn

Paul Graham's “Founder Mode” post has swept through the startup world like a tornado and has become an instant classic.

“Founder Mode” by Paul Graham : r/ycombinator - Reddit

Paul Graham and Brian Chesky describe "Founder Mode" as a situation in which a founder bypasses traditional management hierarchies to directly ...

My thoughts on "Founder Mode" and why it's dangerous

Graham's insights on founder CEOs' strengths are valuable. But, it overlooks key aspects of scaling a business. It may also undermine non-founder leaders' ...

Y Combinator's Paul Graham Has Unleashed Founder Mode. The ...

An essay by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham is sparking debate about managerial philosophies in tech this week. The piece examines what the ...

'Founder mode' vs. 'manager mode': Here's what the 22 Fortune 500 ...

Founder mode is a way of running a company—the way a founder would run it—as distinct from manager mode, the way it would be run by “merely a ...

Activate Founder Mode - Medium

Uninvent helps startup founders with the most important factor in their success: their team. We help founders manage their own motivation, productivity, health ...

The Founder Mode Tradeoff - by Kent Beck

Founder Mode is the alternative—stay involved in all the details of the business. Micro-manage. Wander around. Talk to everybody. Circumvent all ...