Max Beauroyre

Before a candidate meets with me, I send them a list of questions to respond to in writing. It allows me to see how structured their thinking is and how they perform on asynchronous tasks without time pressure. I ask questions like:

• How do you practice becoming better at what you do?


• What’s an unpopular opinion you hold?


• What’s something that

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So if not for the structure, what caused venture’s shift towards such risk-averse investing? As fund sizes grew dramatically and a tech boom spurred a startup surge, the industry's emphasis shifted from discerning selection towards a more diversified 'spray and pray' approach, diluting the value of traditional tasteful investing. When the game of... See more

The hard part isn't building anymore—it's understanding what to build and why. Before writing a line of code, ask yourself: are you solving for the complete outcome, or just building another tool that AI could generate tomorrow? Tools won't matter. Outcomes will.

First time founders think about product. Second time founders think about distribution. Exceptional founders think about both, and how they work together.

“there was a loud and clear desire (1) to consolidate even more parts of the finance stack and (2) for Ramp to be that consolidation partner.”

The need for work-life balance hints that there has to be a trade-off and that work cannot be fulfilling. It is predicated on two assumptions: 1) Work and life are distinct entities, and 2) The “life” elements are equally, if not more, important than the work elements

“Were my clothes made with inspired hands?” Most of us won’t know the answer.

I got disappointed a lot, which was great because it meant by my early twenties, I could tell what I liked and what made me miserable.