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Reflections on Founder Mode

Reflections on a recent Paul Graham piece – and on the culture at Oxide

Pejoratively referring to this as "Management Mode", Graham frames this in the Silicon Valley dramaturgical dyad of Steve Jobs and John Scully. (Speaking personally, O’Reilly’s piece had a profound influence on me, as it encouraged me to stand my ground on an issue on which I had my own beliefs but was being told to defer to convention.) Most importantly, because we have used our values as a clear lens for hiring, we are able to assure that everyone at Oxide is able to have the same disposition with respect to responsibility – and this (coupled with the transparency that the written word allows) permits us to trust one another.

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