๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป Most startup CEOs struggle with letting go. They want control over everythingโhiring, product, marketing, even coding. But hereโs the brutal truth: ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐. Ben Horowitz (co-founder of a16z) puts it simply: โ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.โ If you think youโre better than everyone at their job, youโll second-guess them, micromanage, and kill their motivation. Worse, youโll trap yourself in tasks that stop you from being a real CEO. Look at Larry Page. He was a world-class engineer, but ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐. Because leading Google was a full-time job. Benโs advice? ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ. If youโre coding, hire a better engineer. If youโre handling marketing, bring in a killer marketer. If youโre doing sales, find a closer who beats you at it. Your job is not to be the best at everything. Your job is to ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. Great CEOs donโt do it all. They build teams that do. The faster you learn to delegate, the faster your startup grows. I hope you've found this helpful. Follow Vishu Bheda for more valuable startup insights from the world's best founders and investors!
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