Doing vs delegating

Rory Stirling
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

The role of a founder doesn’t really exist. Instead it’s an ever changing series of roles.

Many founders will experience a journey that looks something like this:

(1) Doing: founding team — doing everything

(2) Doing & delegating: founding team — managing a small growing team + doing the roles they haven’t yet hired for

(3) Delegating: established exec team managing a large growing…

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Rory Stirling

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VC at Connect Ventures. Investing in seed stage fintech. Love tech, startups, VC, leadership, learning & decision making. Formerly BGF Ventures & MMC Ventures.

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