@paulg Can instantly think of many counterexamples.
Jessica and I cooked up a new heuristic at breakfast. It should be completely implausible to describe a startup's CEO as a flake.
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@paulg nice pun btwThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Maybe you just need a more carefully chosen word than “flake”, because that connotes several different things. -
@tqbf I mean in the sense of being scattered and not following through, not in the sense of being eccentric. - Show replies
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@paulg I think you’re trying to capture “unserious” there, but there are “flakes” who are still serious people.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg What about busy founders who would be called flakey by friends?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@redthrowaway@paulg “no startup CEOs are eccentric” seems like an unlikely thing to say.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg As a company grows and matures, the CEO's job changes. And if inability to delegate is not flakiness, it is way to fail.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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