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Leadership.

How founders learned to lead as their companies grew: becoming a manager, setting goals, making hard calls and stepping back from the work they started with.

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Here's Why You Need to Set Big Goals

Larry Page, Google

🎤 Talk2015

Leading A High Growth Company

David Cancel, Drift

🎤 Talk2020VC Backed

Running Your Company Effectively

Patrick Collison, Stripe

🎥 Video Interview2018VC Backed

How to Be a Great Founder

Reid Hoffman, Greylock

🎤 Talk2017VC Backed

Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO

Dmytro Okunyev, Chanty

💬 Text Interview2020Bootstrapped

The Best Business Strategy No One Talks About

Gary Vaynerchuk, VaynerMedia

✍️ Essay2018VC Backed

4 Leadership Strategies of Great CEOs

Gary Vaynerchuk, VaynerMedia

✍️ Essay2019VC Backed

Why Business Leaders Should Teach Their Employees to Think Like Olympic Marathoners

Timo Rein, Pipedrive

📄 Resource2016VC Backed

Top Tough Management Lessons: Founding a $3.8 Billion Market Leader

Auren Hoffman, SafeGraph

🎤 Talk2020VC Backed

Leading a Company in Hyper Growth

Valentin Stalf, N26

🎥 Video Interview2019VC Backed

The True Meaning Of Leading By Example

Dharmesh Shah, HubSpot

✍️ Essay2014VC Backed

Imposter Syndrome

Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian

🎤 Talk2017VC Backed

From Side Hustle to World’s Leading Email Marketing Platform

Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp

🎥 Video Interview2021Bootstrapped

Founders Build Roads, Not Cars

Patrick Collison, Stripe

🎥 Video Interview2017VC Backed

Staying True To Your Values, Pricing, & More

John O'Nolan, Ghost

🎧 Podcast2017Bootstrapped

Startup Secrets

Howard Marks, StartEngine

🎧 Podcast2021

How To Invest, Raise Money, Start A Business, & Determine If You Are An Entrepreneur

David Hauser, Perfect Keto

🎧 Podcast2020Bootstrapped

How to be a Wartime CEO (And Why Everyone Needs to)

Steli Efti, Close

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

How to Decide

Reid Hoffman, Greylock

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

My Top 10 Leadership Hacks Ever

Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite

✍️ Essay2019VC Backed

Leadership Styles, Decision-making, The 3 Levels Of Wealth, And Why Effective Entrepreneurship Is Like Parkour

Stewart Butterfield, Slack

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

How to Coach Teammates: A Key Responsibility of Effective Leaders

Justin Rosenstein, Asana

✍️ Essay2018VC Backed

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Built?

Jim McKelvey, Square

✍️ Essay2020VC Backed

Thinking Bigger, Better, and Bolder

Shan-Lyn Ma, Zola

🎧 Podcast2017VC Backed

Leading Your Company Starting With Your Own Well Being

Justin Kan, Twitch

🎥 Video Interview2020VC Backed

The Age of Wartime CEOs

Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global

✍️ Essay2021VC Backed

How To Survive As An Introvert Leader

Sandeep Kashyap, ProofHub

✍️ Essay2017VC Backed

The Trials And Tribulations In The Transition From Founder To Ceo

Daniel Ek, Spotify

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

Crawl, Walk, Run: Business Lessons from a Toddler

Hiten Shah, FYI

✍️ Essay2016VC Backed

Frameworks and Communication

Brian Balfour, Reforge

🎧 Podcast2021

Entrepreneurship Rules of Thumb

Reid Hoffman, Greylock

🎤 Talk2020VC Backed

One Thing that Increases your Future Career Success

Hubert Palan, productboard

✍️ Essay2016VC Backed

The Courage of the Early-Stage Entrepreneur

Marc Randolph, Netflix

✍️ Essay2019VC Backed

Taking Risks and Being Resilient

Marcos Galperin, MercadoLibre

🎥 Video Interview2019VC Backed

The Different Styles Of Truly Great Leaders

Reid Hoffman, Greylock

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

Leadership Leaves Lasting Legacy

Kyle Porter, SalesLoft

✍️ Essay2018VC Backed

Best Advice: Great Leaders Say 'We'?

Justin Rosenstein, Asana

✍️ Essay2014VC Backed

Staying Humble with Success

Steli Efti, Close

🎧 Podcast2018VC Backed

Self-Aware Business Model

Brendan Schwartz, Wistia

🎧 Podcast2018Bootstrapped

How 1+1=4 - Your Job as an Entrepreneur

Nathan Barry, ConvertKit

✍️ Essay2020Bootstrapped

Unstoppable Decision Making

David Hauser, Perfect Keto

🎧 Podcast2019Bootstrapped

The Art of Being a Founder

Henry Ward, Carta

🎥 Video Interview2021VC Backed

Startup Founders: Embrace the Hardship!

Mathilde Collin, Front

✍️ Essay2016VC Backed

What’s it Like to be a Startup CEO and a Father at the Same Time?

Hubert Palan, productboard

✍️ Essay2017VC Backed

The 2 Paradoxical Skills Every Leader Needs

Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite

✍️ Essay2018VC Backed

Why Winning Entrepreneurs Make Hard Choices

Steli Efti, Close

✍️ Essay2017VC Backed

15 Powerful Leadership Skills to Lead Your Team Better

Sandeep Kashyap, ProofHub

✍️ Essay2018VC Backed

How to Implement Effective Leadership to Grow a Business

David Darmanin, Hotjar

✍️ Essay2019Bootstrapped

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