The CEO of a startup that’s raised $20 million deleted email from his phone and sometimes goes 2 weeks without checking on his team

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• Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod doesn’t have email on his smartphone.
• He said it makes him a better leader because he has time and space to think, and doesn’t get wrapped up in the minutia of running a business.
• McLeod sometimes disconnects from his team for weeks at a time for the same reason.
• Other successful leaders also try to disconnect, so they can engage in some big-picture thinking.

In the last few months, Justin McLeod has found himself to be a much better leader, and a much happier person.

McLeod, who is the founder and CEO of dating app Hinge, didn’t go to a management seminar or hire an executive coach. He simply deleted the email app from his smartphone.

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