And then the soft things that I look for, I like this metric, I try to figure out, how will I feel if this person called me at 10:30 at night? I like really try to think about the way it will feel. The phone rings, it's this founder. Am I excited to talk to them?
I think that the aspiration for Sequoia is not to be like a golf team. Everyone hit their ball, add up their scores, see what we get. It's the aspirations to be a basketball team. Either we win or we lose as a team. I think that the manifestation though, demanding and supportive, it's oftentimes on one side of the spectrum or the other. I don't thi... See more
" Positioning the company for a sale and charting a new path forward, Blackwells said Peloton should focus on fitness-as-a-service, or FaaS, by: focusing on softwareoutsourcing manufacturingcreating an open ecosystempartnering with equipment makers"
ModelsText is the most advanced domain. However, natural language is hard to get right, and quality matters. Today, the models are decently good at generic short/medium-form writing (but even so, they are typically used for iteration or first drafts). Over time, as the models get better, we should expect to see higher quality outputs, longer-form c... See more
Adam Grant actually said this one time, which is most ... He was talking about parenting. He said, "Most people think of parents as you're either ... It's a spectrum between being highly demanding and being highly supportive of your kids. Pick where you are in the spectrum." He was like, "That's all wrong. The best parents are both." Huge unlock fo... See more