Q: How do you build effective teams? Keith Rabois, Founders Fund Partner and former COO of Square, has a great framework for building effective teams that he calls: “Barrels and Ammunition.” When most companies begin scaling, they just hire a lot of people. Naively, they expect that—as they... See more

Ramp co-founder @eglyman shares the No.1 piece of advice he's gotten from investors: "Barrels and ammunition, from @rabois." -- If you think about people, there are two categories of high-quality people: there is the ammunition, and then there are the barrels.... See more

I sat down a second time with Keith Rabois (@rabois), General Partner at @khoslaventures and CEO at @OpenStore to talk operating. We spoke about the Hollywood model of startups, picking co-founders, identifying, attracting and assessing talent, raising capital, building a board, delegating, metrics, and knowing what to... See more