I think pg is trying to be diplomatic here by saying that "founder mode" is something to be discovered and taught in business schools in the future, and there m

I think pg is trying to be diplomatic here by saying that "founder mode" is something to be discovered and taught in business schools in the future, and there may be a sliver of truth in that. But I think the type of leadership this essay talks about comes from personality traits that are mostly determined by the end of one's adolescence: grit, obsessiveness/perfectionism, and vision.