Professional managers (aka not the founder, climbed up the corporate ladder the old fashioned way): Tim Cook (apple), Satya Nadella (msft), Sundar Pichai (Google), Arvind Krishna (ibm), Shantanu Narayen (adobe), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), Lisa Su (amd) and on and on. Just scan the Fortune 500 for tech companies and it’s nearly all professional managers. The YC audience could have debunked this Founder Mode nonsense in just 10 minutes on Wikipedia, as I did.
Most professional managers are BS artists. Perhaps Chesky hired of bunch of those. The conclusion is not to run everything yourself, but maybe hire better managers.
Most professional managers are BS artists. Perhaps Chesky hired of bunch of those. The conclusion is not to run everything yourself, but maybe hire better managers.