Knuckle Up with Nakul
Business used to be go karting. Now it's Formula 1.
May 27, 20261h 22mS0
<p>Akshay Kothari has spent most of his time at Notion trying to put himself out of a job. His move, repeated for years, is to run at whatever the company's biggest unsolved problem is, build the system around it, hire someone great to own it, and then remove himself. In 2023 the approach left him, a co-founder of a multibillion-dollar company, with zero direct reports and a calendar wide open to think.</p><p>That instinct fits the company he helps run. Notion built itself like an art project: profitable, still largely owned by its founders and employees, raising money...
