Barrels and Ammunition - Keith Rabois

Always remember that in the world of private equity, your reputation means everything. Be true to your word and deliver on what you promise..

Executives If you succeed, at some point you need to hire executives. Engineers In the technology business, you can never know enough great engineers. Press and analysts We have a saying around the firm: Show it, sell it; hide it, keep it. Investors and acquirers Being venture capitalists, providing access to money was obvious.

You have thirty bullets to fire and this is not a charity; this is a war. You should meet with the best teams capable of building products with sweat equity (see chapter 7) and who have the most traction. Perhaps after you make a huge return, you can run an incubator for people with business plans, or a coding school for people who don’t know how t