startuparchive_ Marc is asked how being a founder changes in the age of AI, to which he responds: “I think there...
The reel’s headline screams: “The best entrepreneurs of the future will be quite skilled at 6–8 things.” That is the new founder job description. In an AI world, depth is rented on demand. Your real edge is stacking broad skills, then using AI as your instant specialist bench.
Go Broad, Use AI to Go Deep
- Map your 6–8 lanes: product, sales, marketing, hiring, finance, storytelling, ops, and one wild card.
- Use AI as a just‑in‑time tutor and analyst: draft models, legal memos, specs, investor notes on command.
- Cross‑pollinate: feed AI inputs from multiple functions so you spot combos competitors locked in one silo miss.
Broad Founders, Deep Tools
Stripe built a culture where founders understand regulation, dev experience, and sales, then use AI to pressure‑test docs, code, and pricing.
Shopify trains leaders across product, merchant success, and finance while deploying AI copilots to drill into data and experimentation.
Notion encourages generalist builders to ship cross‑functional features, then leans on AI to generate templates, docs, and workflows at depth.
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