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Former VP of Product, Netflix (Gibson Biddle's) Product Strategy essays are Platinum! If you haven't read them yet, here's a breakdown of key concepts in under 2 minutes🧵

Keith Rabois explains “Founder Mode” and its similarities to how PayPal was run in the early days “At PayPal, we never promoted anybody based on their management skill. We promoted everybody based on their craft. So if you wanted to run the design team, you had to be the best designer. If you wanted to run the... See more

Sequoia's Chief Product Officer, @jesskah, won't hire well-rounded people. She looks for a "spikes" in 1 of 4 traits that predict success: • EQ: One-on-one people skills • IQ: Raw intellectual horsepower • PQ: Ability to navigate politics/systems • JQ: Judgment on... See more

Q: How do you build effective teams? Keith Rabois, Founders Fund Partner and former COO of Square, has a great framework for building effective teams that he calls: “Barrels and Ammunition.” When most companies begin scaling, they just hire a lot of people. Naively, they expect that—as they... See more

I've long believed that the traditional MVP model, "launch fast with the basics," is outdated. I was delighted to see @artman, co-founder of @linear, agrees! MVPs work in blue-ocean markets where even the basic tenets of the business concept need validation. The reality is, the vast majority... See more

I sat down a second time with Keith Rabois (@rabois), General Partner at @khoslaventures and CEO at @OpenStore to talk operating. We spoke about the Hollywood model of startups, picking co-founders, identifying, attracting and assessing talent, raising capital, building a board, delegating, metrics, and knowing what to... See more