Leadership
28 pieces on Leadership
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Stop Asking for Permission: A Conversation with Helena Fogarty
Helena Fogarty, co-founder of Backable, on how founders earn an investor's attention, why running a tight two-week process changes everything, what the power law means for the companies that aren't winning, and why the money is never in the bank until it's in the bank.
·11 min read·Fundraising / Leadership - 08
Be Interested, Not Interesting: A Conversation with Atul Sood
Atul Sood, fractional Chief Business Officer, on why relationships beat strategy, how to read a company in 30 minutes, why leaders should lead with the truth instead of the shine, and the no-strings friendship that quietly changed his whole career.
·13 min read·Leadership / GTM - 09
Overhyped Today, Underhyped Tomorrow: A Conversation with Teo Borschberg
Augment AI founder Teo Borschberg on deploying AI agents safely, why approval fatigue defeats human-in-the-loop, hoping customers kill your idea, and the 11 times he wanted to quit the company he eventually exited.
·8 min read·AI / Leadership - 10
Leading From the Shadows: A Conversation with Clara Ma
Clara Ma, founder of Ask a Chief of Staff and former first chief of staff at Hugging Face, on the zone of genius, influence without authority, operational debt, and why AI makes the chief of staff role more important, not less.
·12 min read·Leadership / AI - 11
Fast Growth Is the Phase That Lies: A Conversation with Monika Mikowska
Monika Mikowska, co-founder of the UX agency Mobee Dick, on why fast growth is the phase that deceives founders, the cash-flow blind spot that nearly bankrupted her, working on the company versus in it, and measuring success in vitality, not revenue.
·10 min read·Leadership / Product - 12
Understand Reality Before You Fix It: A Conversation with Agata Lesniak
Agata Lesniak on building HR from absolute zero, why titles mean nothing without a voice, why the earlier HR joins the cheaper the cleanup, ego-less leadership, and doing offboarding right.
·8 min read·Leadership