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

Mark Zuckerberg on how to avoid bad hires when your startup is growing quickly As Mark explains, every fast-growing startup will repeatedly face the choice: “Do I hire the person who’s in front of me now because they seem good?” or “Do I hold out to get someone who’s even better?” Mark... See more

My top advice for every hire after you raise your pre-seed: - make every offer a try before you buy two way door (90 day trial, 1 year cliff). - don't over hire early (too senior no startup experience) - prefer generalist over specialists. - focus on engineering and go to... See more

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

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

Reed Hastings on the role of the CEO at a startup “In the first couple of years, you do everything—you’re doing dishes at night, you’re coding, you’re writing marketing materials, you’re dealing with customers and investors. And you have so many disadvantages as an irrelevant little nothing of a company that you have to... See more