"When Treehouse was <25 people, I actually did a lot of execution. I’d write newsletters, sketch wireframes, answer support emails, start marketing campaigns, etc.
Now that we’re about to hit 50 full-time employees, I spend all my time ‘steering the ship’.
I suspect some of the vitriol here is due to the relatively large audience of entrepreneurs in startups less than half his size. To be more relevant, I'd love to see his schedule when he was a 3-5 person company.
I'm more interested in people who remain operational as founders or CEOs in larger (>25) person companies. I've never seen good come from being entirely about todos, delegation, etc. in large companies -- all the great people I know remain hands-on even past the point where it's necessary.
"When Treehouse was <25 people, I actually did a lot of execution. I’d write newsletters, sketch wireframes, answer support emails, start marketing campaigns, etc.
Now that we’re about to hit 50 full-time employees, I spend all my time ‘steering the ship’.
I suspect some of the vitriol here is due to the relatively large audience of entrepreneurs in startups less than half his size. To be more relevant, I'd love to see his schedule when he was a 3-5 person company.