Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what founder mode really means

2500.788 - 2522.957 Brian Chesky

Functional just means expertise-based, not general management-based. And so I'm the only non-functional person in the company. All functions roll up to me. I generally think the CEO should be the chief product officer of the company. And here's the heuristic. The most important thing a company does is make a product. If the CEO is not the expert in the product, then what? Why are they the CEO?