Ganesan rejects writing a company to zero when its founder leaves, arguing that founder mode is a way of operating, not a person. Listen
Responding to Jason Lemkin's rule of writing such companies to zero, Ganesan said the question is who replaced the founder. He cited Nikesh Arora, Jeetu Patel at Cisco and Frank Slootman as hired executives who operated like founders.
“Founder mode is a mode of... It's not tied to anyone personally. I think anyone can be a founder in terms of working in a founder mode.”
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