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among the Silicon Valley set by Peter Thiel, our wants tend to be borrowed from other people.
Byrne Hobart • Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
PayPal was at that time the only email-based payments company in the world. We employed fewer people than the restaurants on Castro Street did, but our business was much more valuable than all of those restaurants combined. Starting a new South Indian restaurant is a really hard way to make money. If you lose sight of competitive reality and focus
... See morePeter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
Tad Friend • Who Funds the Future?
From the perspective of an operations guy, there is a lot of riff-raff in venture capital: posers, herd mentality, technology infatuation, too much education, not enough experience to appreciate what grit and focus it takes to grow a business out of nothing. To have a fighting chance, you want to be with the best firms, and the best partners in tho
... See moreFrank Slootman • TAPE SUCKS: Inside Data Domain, A Silicon Valley Growth Story
Bill Gurley • On the Road to Recap: | Above the Crowd
Apple • Gokul Rajaram on designing your product development process, when and how to hire your first PM, a playbook for hiring leaders, getting ahead in you career, how to get started...
A strong market can overcome almost any deficiency in a startup, at least for a time.
Reid Hoffman • The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
Distribution Product Revenue model Operations Competition What’s next?
Chris Yeh • Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
