{"id":1124,"date":"2023-02-27T14:51:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:03:46","slug":"duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership in a startup is a challenging and dynamic role. The founder of the startup holds the responsibility of driving the business forward, while also being the face of the company and its culture.&nbsp;It\u2019s their responsibility to set the vision for the organization and to make sure their team is working toward the same goal\u2014even if that means adapting that original vision to accommodate employees\u2019 ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s partly what made my conversation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duhqa.com\/\">Duhqa<\/a> founder and CEO Victor Maina so illuminating\u2014he spoke frankly but also perceptively about his role. He shared his wisdom to anyone with the drive to launch their own startup, including how to survive the mental and emotional toll such an endeavor can produce. In discussing his leadership experience, he describes not only his endeavor to set his team up for success but also the very important ways that he relies on them, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLeadership is not about me,\u201d Maina says. \u201cIt\u2019s about how to empower people around me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duhqa - Developing leadership qualities as a founder\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/t2C9e-di4aw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Nairobi and launched in early 2021, Duhqa addresses logistics pain points of manufacturers, seeking to expedite the distribution of inventory and increase sales for retailers. Duhqa\u2019s mission is to make SMB logistics easier, allowing companies to focus on growing their businesses. Eventually, Maina says, it\u2019s the consumer who benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe problem we are trying to solve is availability of products to the mass market,\u201d Maina says. \u201cUp to 490 million Africans are living under $2 a day. \u2026 The person selling the goods has to travel long distances (and) incur logistics costs. \u2026 By us making it leaner, making it easy, then we can save money to the people who matter and people who need the money, which is the retailers who then can pass it on to the consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maina combines 13 years of experience in logistics with eight years spent as an executive to guide Duhqa through the unpredictable world of startups. The most successful trait of a startup founder, he says, is building up his employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s how do I empower people around me,\u201d Maina says. \u201cIt&#8217;s less about who I am, more about who they are. \u2026 (Team members) would come and say, \u2018Hey, should we do this?\u2019 And I&#8217;ll tell them, \u2018What do you think?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duhqa - Key learnings for first-time founders\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lv7jYtG4vuY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Maina, humility is one of the most valuable traits for a leader. Building the startup into a successful venture that helps area businesses is bigger than one person. It\u2019s the creation of his team\u2014supporting them, coaching them, mentoring them\u2014that\u2019s important for pushing the company\u2019s vision forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Maina believes it very important that startup founders take their mental health into consideration during the difficult building phase of the company. Long hours of being pulled in multiple directions can be wearisome, but again Maina says it helps to surround yourself with a team you can trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI learned to rely on a team of capable people around me,\u201d Maina says, \u201cand being humble enough to say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m not equal to all the tasks that the business is demanding of me\u2014can you help?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Duhqa - Techniques for better founder mental health\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/KKv5CYNZurs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Watch the entire interview series with Victor over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCiIaRJRi67cRa1eegHhttvA\">Microsoft for Startups YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To get started with Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, <a href=\"https:\/\/foundershub.startups.microsoft.com\/signup\">sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership in a startup is a challenging and dynamic role. The founder of the startup holds the responsibility of driving the business forward, while also being the face of the company and its culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":1126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","ms-ems-related-posts":[],"footnotes":""},"post_tag":[],"content-type":[201,730],"job-role":[],"topic":[],"coauthors":[474],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-founder-advice","content-type-thought-leadership"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft for Startups Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Microsoft4Startups\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bakari Brock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@msft4startups\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@msft4startups\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bakari Brock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/author\/bakari-brock\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Bakari Brock\"}],\"headline\":\"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\"},\"wordCount\":584,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\",\"name\":\"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"In a startup, a founder may rely as much on her team as they do on her.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft for Startups Blog\",\"description\":\"Startup insight and inspiration\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft for Startups Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/microsoft_logo.webp\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Microsoft for Startups Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Microsoft4Startups\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/msft4startups\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/microsoftforstartups\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftforstartups\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f43e4478d0447b1a4d1fa052de1de172\",\"name\":\"Karina Buggy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g06b8f5864156657680de8449c67a8705\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karina Buggy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/author\/kbuggy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog","description":"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog","og_description":"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft for Startups Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Microsoft4Startups\/","article_published_time":"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bakari Brock","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@msft4startups","twitter_site":"@msft4startups","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bakari Brock","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/author\/bakari-brock\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Bakari Brock"}],"headline":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa","datePublished":"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/"},"wordCount":584,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/","name":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa - Microsoft for Startups Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-27T14:51:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-20T18:03:46+00:00","description":"Duhqa founder and CEO Victor Maina speaks frankly but also perceptively about his leadership role\u2014and about how much he relies on his team.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1210536655.jpg","width":960,"height":540,"caption":"In a startup, a founder may rely as much on her team as they do on her."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/duhqa-what-ive-learned-about-being-a-leader\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What I\u2019ve learned about being a leader \u2014 Victor Maina, Duhqa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft for Startups Blog","description":"Startup insight and inspiration","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft for Startups Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/microsoft_logo.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/microsoft_logo.webp","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Microsoft for Startups Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Microsoft4Startups\/","https:\/\/x.com\/msft4startups","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/microsoftforstartups\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microsoftforstartups\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f43e4478d0447b1a4d1fa052de1de172","name":"Karina Buggy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g06b8f5864156657680de8449c67a8705","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/13c888475c29ea9a677186154f343b321ba3174dfa43577c4a9b5702c79f1a90?s=96&d=microsoft&r=g","caption":"Karina Buggy"},"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/author\/kbuggy\/"}]}},"bloginabox_animated_featured_image":null,"bloginabox_display_generated_audio":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/2580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"job-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-role?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/startups\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}