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Math is funny that way: Founder mode is 365x ($36.5 from 10 cents) 
  
 Manager mode is 11x ($411 from $36.5)

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Manager Mode >>> Founder Mode

Software Engineer

Manager Mode >>> Founder Mode- Grapevine

Manager Mode ❌ Founder Mode ❌ Investor Mode ✅

Investor

Founder mode.

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Founder mode is crap

Product Marketing Manager

I've moved on from 'Founder Mode' -> 'Fu*k it Mode'

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read here: https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html
TLDR: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/founder-mode-by-paul-graham-tl-yfFETjNIQFep_ANjG2082Q

Thoughts on "Founder Mode" by Paul Graham?

Venture Capital

Cannot stop it with the Founder Mode memes 😂

Hi All, what can help me join an early stage startup and grow up to the top close to the founders within a year? I want to be in the middle of the action 

Has anyone here done it before?

How do people climb up/become more important in startups as employees?

If they have the right culture then showing excellency in your role, helping out others in the team, having opinions on decisions taken (not just for the sake of it) should help you get closer to the decision makers. 
  
 Remember that at an early stage startup, everything revolves around the product, and you will be rewarded for aligning with that. 
  
 Speaking from experience, you will be involved in "the action" in a team of 30 people either way

Business Development Manager

Paul Graham - Founder Mode: Summary

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What is the ballpark compensation range for the role of the founder's/ceo's office in seed and series afunded startup?

Founders office role compensation

Are the Lead - Founder's Office/Chief of Strategy roles worth it for someone with 9y experience in Business Operations? What can be suitable exit options here?

Founder's Office - Worth it for Experienced folks?

Sales Leader

Former Mooofarm Employees allege that the company's founders ignored widespread sales misreporting and misled investors with projections

How Accel-Backed Mooofarm’s Dairy Tech Promise Soured

Another one bites the dust!

Software Developer

1. PA - Personal Assistant
Managing your personal commitments, people very high up (read rich) hire them, because their personal social life is as active

2. EA - Executive Assistant 
Managing professional commitments, they ensure your calendar is up to date, your travel and stay bookings, basically admin work for CXOs

3. PM - Personal Managers
The ones that celebrities have, they manage personal and professional commitments 

4. CoS - Chief of Staff
Generally to CEO/Founders (can be to other CXOs too), one person keeping founders on track with mission the company is built for. 
Strictly professional role, but some new age founders try blurring these lines. Major red flag 🚩 

5. Founder's Office
Can be one to multiple members, taking care of different departments - marketing, strategy, operations, etc.
This is usually huge cost to company, and very profitable (or well funded) companies can manage sustaining these.

Putting in here what I have learnt in the industry, please feel free to correct me/ add more details here

PA vs EA vs CoS vs Founder's Office - How are they all different?

One comes from an IIM, One from an IIT,one comes from abroad, one from a local college and one from some or the other family

Recruiter

Consultant

IIMboacki 2y or 1y package is less than masters union 1y course!!!

Do u agree or have any perspective?

35 Lpa Avg Package at Master's Union >> IIM blacki

1. “Powered by Masters Union”, not news but PR by them 
 2. Batch size not given  
 3. 20% placed in founders office roles.😂😂 
 Don’t trust MU for the next 2 3 years. Phir sab nikal jaayega

Senior Consultant

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- Deepinder Goyal has become a billionaire following a record rally in Zomato shares, which have surged over 300% since July 2023.
- Zomato's stock hit a new high of Rs230 on the BSE, boosting its market cap past Rs1.8 trillion and making Goyal India's richest professional manager with a net worth of Rs8,300 crore.
- The surge in stock is driven by expectations that Zomato's quick commerce business, Blinkit, will outperform peers and turn profitable sooner than anticipated.
- Analysts expect Blinkit to surpass Zomato's food delivery business in gross order value (GOV) and strengthen its market position, despite a longer path to sustainable EBITDA margins.
- Goldman Sachs values Blinkit at $13 billion, higher than Zomato's core food delivery business, predicting significant growth in GOV and EBITDA by FY29. 

 Source: Money Control

Zomato Founder-CEO Deepinder Goyal Joins Billionaire Club

One founder who truly inspires me!

- Founded Zomato in 2008 and was doing a completely different thing
- First business model failed. Did global expansion across many countries did not work out
- But created an excellent product: most reliable catalogue of restaurants and reviews
- Got into delivery after Swiggy and others
- Executes like a machine. Raised smaller rounds, cross Swiggy GMV, revenue, was first to get to unit profitability.
- BlinkIt acquisition
- Best startup IPO so far in India 

Truly the grit an entrepreneur must have. 16 years of building. It isn't easy, I am sure.

Corporate Strategist

Journalist

To all people who have switched from conventional corporate careers like consulting, banking etc. to a founder's office role

How has your experience been?
What worked/ didn't work?
What do you think is a long term play here?
What should one consider before switching?

Do mention the stage and industry. TIA!

Your founder's office role experience

While the company is doing absolutely poorly and laying off people left right and centre, the two so-called founders are on vacation to the US chilling and hanging out with people.

It's a disgrace that the Indian startup ecosystem has founders like them who are busy expanding their social and financial status at the cost of employee wellbeing and mental health.

What a disappointment.

Double faced founders

Program Manager

I have 2 offers
One as APM at series B startup and other one in Founder's Office at  series A startup, what should be a right choice.

How both the career paths will diverge ?
Ideally I want to go for foreign MBA after 3 years, have 2 years of work ex.

Founder's Office VS APM role

Product Manager

The role seems to be rewarding monetarily compared to other starting roles. Was this an existing role with a new name to attract more?
Anybody from the Founder’s Office to say what your daily work looks like?

What’s Founder’s Office about?

Product analyst

Hello everyone,

Saw quite some people doing AMAs on this platform from VCs to Engineers, but nobody from Founder's Office roles.

Knowing that this role is somewhat new in the job market, not many people still know a lot about it. Shoot your questions, would answer them to the best of my capacity.

Background: Worked in the FO role for 2 FMCG brands, before joining a Fintech where I am working right now. Graduated from BIT, Mesra in 2021, but started working alongside my graduation coz of COVID.

AMA - Working in Founder's Office from past 3 years.

Founder’s Office

This is cringe tbh at this point. “Competitive Salary of INR 20,000/month”. Just hire EA’s instead.

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