In a podcast interview, Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky discussed the significant differences between founders and managers. He emphasized that founders share a profound passion and deep knowledge of their companies, comparing them to biological parents who have a unique connection to their 'business baby.' Founders have the authority to make bold changes that managers may not feel empowered to make. Additionally, while founders understand their company’s roots intimately, they also face challenges in scaling operations and the reality of their own limitations as leaders.
You can love something, but when you're the biological parent of something, it came from you, it is you. There's a deep passion and love.
Unlike managers, who often join a company once it's already built, founders have total control, or what Chesky calls 'the permission.'
You built it, so you know how to rebuild it. Founders know their company's foundational nuts and bolts from before it was even fully formed.
Great companies usually want to...
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