A brief spoken anecdote by Jason M. Lemkin describing a backstage conversation with Wade (CEO of Zapier) about recruiting VPs. The key claim: having even half of your VPs who "care"—behave like mini-founders—can enable the company to "fly" or succeed; the emphasis is on engaged leaders rather than just operational competence.
You couldn't change. I knew he was going to save the company. Save the company. And so, you know, I was backstage at an event years ago with Wade, the CEO of Zapier, and Zapier is super hot. It's just blowing up, right? And we're talking about recruiting VPs, and he said this. He says, I'm lucky if half really care. That's a gem. Not that they're great and they can run the campaigns and hire 87 people to do the podcast, but if. If even half of my vps care, like a mini founder care enough. Like, then you just. You fly. You fly, right?
