Skift Take
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky gave a talk that led to some controversy in Silicon Valley. He clarified his thoughts in one area and doubled down in another.
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky believes that a lot of business leaders don’t understand their companies, and that’s a problem.
Chesky spoke about the idea at an event hosted by the startup accelerator Y Combinator, and it was dubbed 'founder mode' in a blog post by Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham.
It was immediately controversial: What about all the founders who failed to scale because they couldn't give up control? Or the managers who took over and got the companies to the next level?
Chesky clarified his thinking at