People Management Insights for First-Time Founders (Interview by Dave Gulas)

In this episode, I dive deep into the critical mistakes founders make when scaling their businesses and the often-overlooked importance of people management in startup success. I also share insights from my personal journey and how an early entrepreneurial failure paved my way to success.

Key themes discussed:

• The challenges of founder delegation and letting go of control
• Why experience quality matters more than years of experience
• How witnessing a company's crash despite product-market fit led to valuable insights
• The importance of vulnerability and accepting feedback during business setbacks
• Common people management mistakes that first-time founders make

The conversation explores how companies with strong product-market fit and solid finances can still fail due to poor people management. Through real-world examples, including a founder who struggled to delegate product decisions, we examine how leadership must evolve as companies scale from 7 to 9 figures.

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