Paul Grahams recent piece on Airbnb’s Brian Chesky went viral. In short, Chesky hired poor managers and now follows more the Steve Jobs model of having a more direct impact. Founder mode vs Manager mode. This is so obvious that I wonder why it is new to people. We’ve all been there. If you hire people…
For nearly a decade, I have been coaching a few other successful entrepreneurs consistently one on one. But in Summer 2022, the feedback I got for my coaching sessions changed. While earlier it was “super helpful”, now several people used the word “life-changing”. As the founder of Qype, I worked at the highest speed and…
