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Frank Slootman’s advice for founders learning to be CEO Founders frequently ask Frank (former CEO of Snowflake), “Do you think I can be a CEO?” Frank responds with a question: “Do you want to be?” He explains: “If you want to be, you... See more

Jensen Huang on how to structure a company: https://t.co/Idw1eMun70

Ben Horowitz on the ideal founding team for a startup Ben looks for two people on a founding team: 1. The inventor. “It’s the inventor’s job to build a product that’s 10x better than anything that’s available to solve that problem.” 2. The entrepreneur. “The... See more

Sam Altman: “Hire for values first, aptitude second, and skills third.” Most executive recruiters, Sam argues, will reverse this order: “If you say I need to hire a CFO, they will bring you people with 20 years of experience as a CFO at vaguely similar companies. But unfortunately, it’s... See more

Keith Rabois on how to identify great talent “What you want to do with every single employee every single day is expand the scope of their responsibilities until it breaks… and that’s the role they should stay in.” Keith tells the story of giving an intern the task of getting smoothies to... See more