Mastodawn

Charity Majors Dec 17, 2024

I (finally) wrote up my thoughts on "Founder Mode" and the Brian Chesky morality tale about how he turned around Airbnb company culture.

This material has seeped into the Silicon Valley water table; it must be dealt with. Let's mine the gold nuggets out from underneath all the 💩.

https://charity.wtf/2024/12/17/founder-mode-and-the-art-of-mythmaking/

“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking

I’ve never been good at “hot takes”. Anyone who knows anything about marketing can tell you that the best time to share your opinion about something is when everyone is all worked up about it. Hot …

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Alex Ptakhin

@mipsytipsy If we at some point started to appreciate founder mode described the way Chesky did, I worried for a second. Do we need that another leadership after this, or uncoschiesness and irresponsibility win? It was the second of weakness, of course we need. Principles we are trying to use in leadership proven for centuries, investors overhype just for years. Thank you for this review!