{"id":27772,"date":"2024-06-30T09:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T13:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=27772"},"modified":"2024-07-03T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T19:28:18","slug":"delegate-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/delegate-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Delegate Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
The idea of delegating nothing is to vc have zero separation between CEO founder and customer and\/customer development<\/div>\n
When you delegate, you outsource the connection in your process process for product market fitB<\/div>\n
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When scaling a company, experts will advise you to delegate. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIgnore this advice and delegate nothing. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThen, when you must, delegate in this order: legal, accounting, finance, hr. Then GTM. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nNever, ever product. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nProduct market fit is the forever job of the founder.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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When scaling a company, experts will advise you to delegate.  <\/div>\n
Ignore this advice and delegate nothing.  <\/div>\n
Then, when you must, delegate in this order: legal, accounting, finance, hr.  Then GTM, Go to market.<\/div>\n
Never, ever product.  <\/div>\n
Product market fit is the forever job of the founder<\/div>\n
-Howard Lerman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

I wholeheartedly agree w this. I have found I can scale to around 30 before I really need to start to delegate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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