Insight · Entrepreneurship
Founder Mode Decoded
Why founder mode is not a new operating system but founders becoming better versions of themselves. Originally published on Just Thoughts #29.
Too long; did read
- •Founder mode is founders becoming better versions of themselves. Leadership is becoming of self.
- •Study Pixar (Creativity Inc.) and Bill Campbell (Trillion Dollar Coach) to understand what Jobs actually learned.
- •Create rituals where process outweighs ego. That is how you scale founder energy without burning out.
- •The goal is to create leaders within your organization, not hire them from outside.
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"Founder Mode is nothing less than founders becoming better versions of themselves, as leadership is synonymous with becoming of self."
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