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Knowing Your Leadership Role

Lewis Cirne, New Relic

Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of New Relic, describes how he came to realize that he doesn’t need to be involved in all aspects of a company. Learning this after founding his first startup, Cirne says he now recruits senior leaders who can focus on the aspects of the business that he can’t.