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‘Founder mode’ vs. ‘manager mode’: Here’s what the 22 Fortune 500 companies still run by founders tell us

Founders do indeed deliver outsize stock performance—but there’s a big caveat.

Fortune

Why Paul Graham’s ‘founder mode’ became a rallying cry

Companies can be run in two ways, “founder mode” and “manager mode,” Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham wrote, citing a recent talk by Airbnb cofounder Brian Chesky as his inspiration.

Fortune

Founder mode doesn't always work for women

Paul Graham's viral essay leads female founders to reflect on whether they can operate in "founder mode."

Fortune

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Startup guru Paul Graham delivers scathing rebuke of Silicon Valley's conventional wisdom about founders

"VCs who haven't been founders themselves don't know how founders should run companies, and C-level execs, as a class, include some of the most skillful liars in the world."

Fortune

Australia Post offices could one day include EV charging stations as part of strategy to halt losses

CEO says government-owned postal corporation is seeking to diversify while not abandoning its core service of delivering letters

The Guardian - AU

Red-letter day for AusPost as big rivals dog deliveries

Australia Post expects dog attacks to reduce as a fleet of stealthy electric delivery vehicles grows, but warns of more work to be done to turn a profit.

AAP

Why Are Tech Billionaires Saying VC David Sacks May Be 'The Most Evil Person In Silicon Valley'?

Silicon Valley tech billionaires are embroiled in a public feud, with venture capitalist David Sacks at the centre of accusations and counter-accusations.

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A post about Kamala Harris pushed a long-simmering feud between tech execs into the open

A politically charged mention of “coups” brought back accusations that David Sacks ousted Parker Conrad from his own startup.

Fortune

Cash delivery not part and parcel of Australia Post

The head of Australia Post has ruled out the corporation stepping in to replace companies delivering currency to businesses following a decline in cash usage.

AAP

Apple's disastrous iPad ad mocked by rival Samsung in new 43-second spot

Samsung joins the pile-on after everyone from actor Hugh Grant to startup angel Paul Graham blasted Apple for its 'Crush' ad.

Fortune

Falling letters, shop traffic weighs down Aust Post

Australia Post may have to shrink its retail network as falling foot traffic and low letter activity threatens the service's financial viability.

AAP

Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030

The Guardian - AU

Modern mail: Australia Post to end daily letter deliveries in a bid to avoid losses

Move comes as the national postal service hopes to bring in changes after last year’s $200m loss

The Guardian - AU

Sam Altman’s ousting from OpenAI could lead to even greater success: ‘You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in five years and he’d be the king’

Altman dropped out of Stanford, started a "failed" app, then turned it into a gig running Silicon Valley's top startup incubator.

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Who is Sam Altman, as the CEO of OpenAI denies rape allegations made by sister?

This isn’t the only lawsuit Sam Altman is facing; he was sued by Elon Musk in 2024 for breaching his fiduciary responsibility

Fortune

Why are there so few great startup founders in their 20s? Some blame crypto

One writers suggests there are fewer founders because promising entrepreneurs went into crypto and found a dead end.

Fortune

Paul Graham calls A.I. ‘the exact opposite of a solution in search of a problem’

A.I. "is turning out to be the missing piece in a large number of important, almost-completed puzzles," said the Y Combinator cofounder.

Wales Online

Police officers make human chain to try and save woman from falling off cliff

The officers were sadly unable to save the women but have been nominated for an award for their 'courage and determination'

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The Guardian - UK

Hard act to swallow: gull caught on film eating squirrel whole

Although a gruesome sight, experts say taking on prey that size is a mark of the bird’s bravery and skill

Fortune

Paul Graham says remote work ‘does work initially,’ which is why it ‘fooled’ leaders who have since ‘changed their minds’

"Remote work does work initially, if you start with a system already healthy from in-person work," said the Y Combinator cofounder.

Fortune

Airbnb’s CEO and cofounder says the best advice he was ever given was ‘counterintuitive’ to what most people would tell you

One of Airbnb’s early investors taught Brian Chesky a valuable lesson that helped the company’s founders grow their business.

Fortune

Paul Graham on the one quality startup founders need

It isn’t obvious who has it, noted the Y Combinator cofounder, but it's why he bet on Airbnb despite his doubts about the concept.

The New Daily

Australia Post boss warns change is needed to survive

The boss of Australia Post says laws governing the floundering service must change or it will remain financially unviable putting services at risk.

Fortune

Airbnb's CEO says a $40 cereal box changed the course of the multi-billion-dollar company

Airbnb's founders had trouble convincing early investors that people would want to stay with strangers. Then a $40 cereal box helped change their minds.

Newcastle Herald

Daily Australia Post letter delivery in doubt as modernisation looms

Australia Post says the "status quo for Australia Post is no longer an option."

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