One of my direct reports once told me in a 1:1 early in my career as a founder: "I've never been so disrespected in my career." This was a wake-up call. I wasn't delegating, and we weren't aligned on goals and values. I was micromanaging, and second guessing everything. In this video we talk about what it takes to be a great leader: a conductor of people who drive greatness.

00:00 Intro: My management mistake
00:58 Hire and delegate to get more time
02:59 How to delegate in 6 simple steps
04:38 Delegation's shadow: Micromanagement
05:39 If delegation fails, ask the deeper questions
06:21 I was a terrible manager at times when I failed to delegate or align
07:04 Conclusion: Be a conductor of people

Music - "JUSTICE" Instrumental by Homage [ Ссылка ]

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Hi, I'm Garry Tan - I'm a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups. Cofounder and managing partner of Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital fund that was earliest in Coinbase and Instacart. We're a team of 8 investing partners with over $500M in assets under management and our startups have created more than $45 billion in market value in the past 8 years. We focus on pre-product-market-fit seed and seek to be the investor of record at that stage.

Previously a partner at Y Combinator. Invested in and directly worked with over 700 companies in 5 years from the earliest possible stage, often just an idea.

Before that, I cofounded Posterous and helped build it to a world-class website used by millions. (Acquired by Twitter) I also cofounded the engineering team for Palantir Technology's quant finance analysis platform, and designed the current Palantir logo and wordmark.

I love building things. Forbes Midas List 2019, 2020 🚀

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