> Their advice could be optimistically summarized as "hire good people and give them room to do their jobs." He followed this advice and the results were disast

> Their advice could be optimistically summarized as "hire good people and give them room to do their jobs." He followed this advice and the results were disastrous. So he had to figure out a better way on his own This is why I still strongly advocate that, at some point in your career, you may consider reinventing the wheel if needed. > In effect there are two different ways to run a company: founder mode and manager mode. An interesting video [1] from Logically Answered referred to CEOs of type manager mode as Vanilla CEOs. In short, the video raises questions about innovation versus stability; while these Vanilla CEOs excel in financial growth, they may lack visionary leadership that is a built-in feature in the founder's DNA. _________________ 1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3RV8nMzh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3RV8nMzh8