Charity MajorsDec 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 šŸ’©.

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

ā€œFounder Modeā€ and the Art of Mythmaking

Iā€™ve never been good at ā€œhot takesā€. 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 ā€¦

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This is real good. "Founder talks" needs a literacy guide to separate narrative, facts, and lessons whenever these people are speaking. I can never tell if it's a lack of self reflection, or a delusion into their own "brand", or just the problem of the human mind can't be objective when the audience is acolytes. A+ would read again.
Dec 19, 2024 at 1:58pmWeb