🤪Dumb mistakes as a first-time Founder #2: ⁠ Wanted to do everything ⁠ ⁠ ❌ I haven’t filled that specific role yet.⁠ ❌ I hired the wrong person for that role.⁠ ❌ I hired someone at the wrong seniority for that role.⁠ ❌ I haven’t shared enough context with them.⁠ ❌ I haven’t clearly defined their areas of responsibility.⁠ ❌ I haven’t empowered them to make the decision.⁠ ⁠ A great skill a founder/CEO can acquire:⁠ ⁠ → Talent for deference. ⁠ ⁠ I know founders who struggle to let go of responsibility.⁠ ⁠ As the founder/CEO, you have one job: ⁠ ⁠ 1️⃣ Look at where you’re spending your time, then fire yourself from that position.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🎯 Goal as a Founder:⁠ ⁠ Become completely unnecessary to the day-to-day operations of the company.⁠ ⁠ That way you can scale, grow, and think about what matters. ⁠ ⁠ That's how we could become serial Founders. ⁠ ⁠ 👇What dumb mistake did you make as a founder?⁠ ⁠ #startup #startupmistakes #founder #ceo #talent #hiring #PooriaMistakes ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠