A startup founder I know likes to say that their leadership style is “frequently wrong, but never in doubt.” Often that expression is applied as a critique, such as in Cheryl Wheeler’s song Driving Home, but the founder meant it as a positive model along the lines of the idea that even a bad decision is better than no decision. Given the high degree of uncertainty inherent in startups, how to lead in its presence is one of the crucial founder/CEO challenges. So should a leader share their dou...

A startup founder I know likes to say that their leadership style is “frequently wrong, but never in doubt.” Often that expression is applied as a critique, such as in Cheryl Wheeler’s song Driving Home, but the founder meant it as a positive model along the lines of the idea that even a bad decision is better than no decision. Given the high degree of uncertainty inherent in startups, how to lead in its presence is one of the crucial founder/CEO challenges. So should a leader share their dou...