It often takes a certain personality to start a company. And while tech bros love to glorify a founder, they often gloss over the realities of a boss so committed to the vision that they refuse to delegate.
The battle over “founder mode” versus “manager mode” is one of those manufactured dramas that only a small segment of the world cares about — like going to Davos or Cannes or the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. But the debate raging within a tiny group of Extremely Online commentators speaks to broader questions about the way Corporate America has evolved to venerate the alleged visionary in the corner office.
There’s Jobs, of course — the genius behind Apple’s world-dominant success, who was also an exhaustingly fastidious person prone to yelling at subordinates. Or there’s Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest people and a notorious micromanager. Or Elon Musk, the head of six companies who regularly peddles misinformation and racist tropes. Or Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, who has 60 direct reports and has said that he’d rather “torture” an underperforming employee into greatness than fire them.
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