How to Delegate Your Work to an EA

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I've worked with EA's in the past and never thought about it never framed any of the work this way. Good things have to be invested in for the long term so that's true of hiring EA as well. I think we had unrealistic expectations in the beginning about how long it would take but we stuck in it and allowed that compounding to happen. We hire EA's who are looking to build decade plus partnerships because compounding is very powerful But got a stick in it for the longterm to get all the benefits of compounding.

Today we chat with Jonathan Swanson, cofounder of Thumbtack, Athena, and Powerset. We cover a ton of ground - starting with the Sunday idea club that led to Thumbtack, how to scale a marketplace, and how to choose ideas you'd happily spent a decade on. Next, we jump into the science of delegation - the idea at the core of Athena. Jonathan talks through how to delegate to an EA, when to start with one, a system of delegation that creates asymmetric upside and what type of founders should consider it.