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Fwiw this is exactly what I'd expect a product founder to do. If I wanted to work at a bank I'd go work at a bank. It's so easy for groups to over-cover-their-a
by skrebbel 1y ago
Fwiw this is exactly what I'd expect a product founder to do. If I wanted to work at a bank I'd go work at a bank. It's so easy for groups to over-cover-their-asses, go for maximum safety everywhere, design-by-committee all the things, etc. I think this is almost unavoidable in a large org. It's the task of a decent product minded founder to add some balance to this.
I've no idea whether Tobi gets it right, just.. this isn't necessarily a bad thing!
- ketzo 1y agoI mostly agree that the benefit of a product-focused founder & CEO is the ability to make judgement calls, even corrections, and get things moving faster However, I think the more work you blow up when you do this, the more it’s reflective of a poor management style; even if it’s the right call under the circumstances, that call should almost certainly have been made earlier. Of course we don’t live in a perfect world, and if something’s 75% done but really bad, you press the red button and stop it, even if people will be upset. But if you’re consistently being described as a “tornado”, that says to me you’re not applying your founder judgement early enough in your company’s development process.
- notfromhere 1y agoBlowing things up like that is mostly for people who want to feel important. It's a bad leadership model and fairly disrespectful to your employees IMO
- jen729w 1y agoShopify store owner here. It’s my entire income. This is terrifying. Shopify is well past its move fast… phase. It powers a vast percentage of ecommerce. If not in dollar percentage, certainly in human. Please, I beg you, pretend like you work at a bank.
- zachthewf 1y agoThere are certainly slow-moving ecommerce platforms that I'm sure would be happy to take your business. Yet Shopify has the best product. Why do you think that is?
- yladiz 1y agoWhy don’t you just say what you are trying to insinuate in the commenter’s mind, rather than asking the “why do you think that is?” question?
- dismalaf 1y agoAmazon and Ebay operate more like banks. Which is how Shopify carved out their market share. This is a fairly mature market. It's just that the incumbents aren't great because of how slow-moving they are... Shopify is good because of how they operate.