Founders

what’s worse than founders dunking on other founders?

founders not being able to move on from the dunk

if, after your initial response, you continue to spend more time and energy making it into a big deal or stirring the pot, then you’re giving us a strong signal about your priorities and your emotional maturity

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while you're dunking, your competitors are shipping

yes, although they typically have delegated most of actual focus / execution  to a highly competent executive team and therefore has lesser impact on the company than a startup founder of a smaller team where lack of focus has an outsized impact and causes distraction / thrash for the team

Does this apply to Fortune 500 founders?

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1447426189660880898?s=20

agreed. see this in my founder coaching all the time, it separates the narcissists from the one with a healthy ego.

something to be said about which gender gets away with this vs being policed

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