I Became a CEO at 20 and Raised $77 Million Over the Last 10 Years. Here Are the Most Powerful Lessons I've Learned

I Became a CEO at 20 and Raised $77 Million Over the Last 10 Years. Here Are the Most Powerful Lessons I've Learned

I Became a CEO at 20 and Raised $77 Million Over the Last 10 Years. Here Are the Most Powerful Lessons I've Learned

By / Career / Monday, 25 June 2018 06:18

At 20 years old, I became a CEO. I dropped out of college, and prior to this, I had only interned at another company. I couldn’t imagine the journey that would start with writing code all day to scaling to 300 people. I got lucky — I screwed up a lot, but had a lot of help.
Here’s what I learned along the way:

Giving up control is hard. At the beginning, I felt like everything was important. But you can’t be good at everything. Over time, I learned the importance of consciously and constantly giving things up. Without learning this, you won’t scale and the company will suffer.

 

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