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Entrepreneurship for Engineers: How to Grow into Leadership

Entrepreneurship for Engineers is a https://thenewstack.io/entrepreneurship-for-engineers-do-you-need-to-pivot/ by longtime New Stack contributor https://thenewstack.io/author/emily-omier/ that explores the concerns of developers who want to build tools for other developers — and build a business around their innovations. In talking with founders for this column, a couple of themes emerged.

Some founders approach leadership with more intentionality — but generally agree that the success of the business is one of the most important concerns for a good leader.

As Majors told The New Stack, “You actually lose leadership points every time you have to throw your weight around.”

For example, a founder once told me they had a team member who wasn’t a good fit for the company anymore.