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AIRBNB CEO BRIAN CHESKY ON THE GOSPEL OF STEVE JOBS AND WHAT FOUNDER MODE REALLY MEANS

theverge.com68 min read

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This article contains a transcript of an interview with Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky, who made a lot of waves earlier this year when he started talking about something called 'founder mode'. Chesky spends a lot of time specifically obsessing over company structure and decision-making. In the interview, Chesky talks about founder mode and what he thinks it means. Founder mode isn't about micromanagement or pure swagger - good leaders need to get into the details while still delegating and trusting their teams to make decisions independently of them.