Coinbase is a recommendation company Gokul recommends for working in. ( This has not aged well :D)

play-to-win - how to strategy really works - book recommendation

How to do all of these things at the same time, while holding a full-time job - Time boxing it.

Solo founder Gokul is nervous about it. Two-person is good, the "hustler" and a "hacker"

Investing for Gokul is supporting the people rather than companies. Founder centric investing like YC. he sus out the ones who are in for the money, rather than solving a problem.

Gokul is against VP and Director titles because there is where the conflict comes from and giving titles too early in a startup. Just call them by the function so people know what they are doing. Lead and Head of are more adequate.

Hiring should take at least 1 hour a day on the founders' diary.

Gokul thinks if you want to hire best-of-class PMs, go to best-of-class companies and hire from them rather than a person.

Where should PM roles sit? Could be a GM or reporting CPO to CEO structure. Once you are 4 or 5 PM, there has to be a product lead to set the culture.