A founder cuts escalations 70% and gets to inbox zero
Every cross-team question came back to the founder by email and Slack. Decided gave each open decision an owner and a date. Escalations dropped 70%, and the inbox was empty by Friday.
Let go. Still know what's happening.
The bigger the team, the less reaches you. Decided checks in with every team weekly and tells you what's really going on.
"Handing things off felt like losing control. So I didn't, and I was doing everyone's job at midnight. With Decided, I hand it off and I still know what's happening." How Decided helps:
Founder and CEO, Series A
Illustrative exampleStay close to every team
Every person you hire is one more layer between you and the work. People tell you less as you grow, and the surprises that reach you are mostly bad ones.
Hand it off without losing the thread
Your leaders run their teams. Decided talks to the people in those teams every week and tells you where the plan holds and where it doesn't. You stay in the loop without taking the work back.
Stop reacting, start leading
Hear about the problem the week it starts, not the month it lands on your desk. Every open decision shows up with an owner and how long it has waited, so you take only the ones that need you.
Know early if a new leader's team is on the plan
Not a rating. A fact: is the team running the plan you hired its leader for? You see it in the first weeks, while a conversation can still fix it, not a year later.
Step in only where it matters
Clara has a short voice check-in with your leaders, managers and other key people every week. She asks what changed, what's stuck and what needs a decision. Decided puts the answers together and shows you where your company really stands.
Priority by priority, the plan you set next to the plan each team is actually running. You see where it holds and where it's split, without sitting in their meetings.
What changed, what's stuck, which decisions are waiting on you. Ranked, so you step in on the two things that need you and leave the rest with your team.
At the next check-in Clara asks if the decision was made and who owns the next step. It stays open until it's done, so you don't have to stay in the room to see it through.
How founders use Decided
A founder takes cross-team decisions from weeks to days
Decisions sat for weeks waiting on the founder. Decided put them in one list with an owner and days waiting. The founder took the few only they could make, and the rest moved without them.
Built for founders who'd rather know first
- ✓Your leaders stay in charge. They agree on who sees what before the first check-in.
- ✓Every level, not just the people who DM you. Clara talks to one person at a time, across the company.
- ✓Facts, not scores. Decided doesn't rate your leaders. It shows what got done and what didn't.
- ✓Patterns, not transcripts. You never see anyone's answers word for word.
- ✓No new meetings. No forms, no dashboard to maintain.
- ✓Calendar only. Check-ins land on your Google or Outlook calendar. Nothing else to install.
Not knowing shows up in your burn
You hire more people to fix a problem more people won't fix, and the burn goes up. Every team runs its own version of the plan. Then you realize you don't know what's happening in your own company.
What founders ask before they let go
Will my leaders feel I'm going around them?
Not if you set it up with them. They agree on who sees what before the first check-in, including what they see about their own team. You both work from the same picture.
Isn't this just founder mode with extra steps?
Founder mode means being in the details. Decided brings the details to you every week, so you go deep where it matters without sitting in every meeting.
Is this a way to score my leaders?
No. Decided doesn't score or rank anyone. It shows whether a team is running the plan. You and your leader decide what to do.
Can I read what people said?
No. You see patterns across people and teams, not anyone's answers.
How much of my team's time does this take?
A short voice check-in per person each week. No forms, nothing to maintain.
Where do we start?
With one question and one group: a priority you've repeated for a month, a new leader's team, or your leadership team. Then you decide.