Building Alpine - Colossus
It occurred to me: what we were doing was absolutely contrary to what I wanted for myself, my family, and the company. The problem was that I had never articulated what I wanted our company to be, and we had never talked about it among ourselves. We just kept moving down the day-to-day path of one opportunity after another. Social norms dictated th
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I did lots of other startups before PayPal. Four of them you’ve never heard of; PayPal was number five.
Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
He gets up early and arrives at the office early. He jogs and does yoga. He eats heaps of salad and a dearth of doughnuts. He works in a quiet office where he can focus. He consistently applies four time-tested principles as a filter for every investment idea. He invests in a tax-efficient manner. He keeps his investment expenses as low as possible
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