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TLDR FOUNDERS 2023-09-15

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02STRATEGIES & TACTICS

SIGNS YOUR CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER ISN’T SCALING

If you have a Chief People Officer who is overly focused on the transactional parts of their operations, like payroll and benefits, doesn’t speak up in executive team meetings, and has morale or turnover issues in their own team, you’ve got big problems.

startupceo.com3 min read

HOW I CEO: ON TAKING ADVICE AS A LEADER

Leadership is challenging, but getting advice from experienced peers and investors makes the job much easier. The key to getting the most out of advice is considering the situational context around the advice and maintaining enough humility to properly receive the advice.

mercury.com4 min read

03TOOLS & RESOURCES

04MISCELLANEOUS

REVERSE ENGINEERING YOUR IDEAL LIFE

As founders, we can often get lost in the to-do’s. The details of these tasks consume us. Here’s a nice reminder to reflect on the real goals of life, which often don’t involve money. It’s about the people you retain and live with along the way.

sahilbloom.com3 min read

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOUNDER PEDIGREE IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

This is a fascinating read that argues how investors behave around new technologies. Without benchmarks and historical insight, investors will revert back to founder-market-fit, using signals like pedigree and education. A canonical example of this is the amount of researchers and PhD wielders that have been recipients of the latest AI funding boom.

michaeldempsey.me7 min read