The reason that I did it was simple.
We had an amazing team of people. Even in the earliest days of the business, my job as CEO took up enough of my cortical activity that I didn't have the time or expertise to walk around and tell each of them what to do in detail.
Instead, I figured, if they knew what we needed to accomplish, understood our strategy down to the ground, they'd figure out the right way to spend their working hours.
It worked great. We moved mountains. Even had fun.
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