Olio cofounder Tessa Clarke.

Opinion

September 10, 2024

How to remain in Founder Mode as your company scales

“In effect there are two different ways to run a company: founder mode and manager mode”

Tessa Clarke

6 min read

At the start of the month, Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham released a blog post called Founder Mode, which set Silicon Valley alight. In it, he referenced a talk Brian Chesky (of Airbnb fame) gave at a recent YC event, where Brian’s message was that conventional wisdom about how to run larger companies — especially founder-led companies — is wrong. 

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Tessa Clarke

Tessa Clarke is cofounder and CEO of OLIO

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