Barrels and Ammunition - Keith Rabois
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Barrels and Ammunition - Keith Rabois
PEACETIME CEO/WARTIME CEO
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Auren Hoffman: It used to be that “who you know” — not “what you know” — held the most value. But in the last 15 years, it has become much more important to build something than to know people.
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent. You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they’re afraid to be punished if they don’t. For startups, there's so much pivoting that’s required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you’re in bad shape.
First Round Capital • Adam Grant On Interviewing to Hire Trailblazers, Nonconformists and Originals
I think our competitive aim is always been... This is going to sound like very basic but it’s true. It’s just we do what we say we’re going to do when we say we’re going to do it. We just try to practice extreme reliability. And it’s an accruing advantage because the more people know that you’ll do what you say you’re going to do, you’re going to t... See more
Brent Beshore – Building And Growing A Competitive Advantage At Permanent Equity – Ep. 76 - Searchfunder
Most of us tend to steer clear of the Cheddars in our life. We run away from people who can be the most critical of our ideas. But these are the people who get us best prepared, because backers are a lot like Cheddar. Their job is to find your blind spots. By playing exhibition matches with their Cheddars, backable people discover the hidden proble
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