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My 7 part plan to make Resy into a great American company
Like most venture capitalists, I’m not qualified to do anything but my current job. That is, except for one thing; I would absolutely kill it as the CEO of Resy.
Your move, @AmericanExpress.
@HarryStebbings @andrew__reed Founder = insider to the problem
Painkiller-level product
Sharp wedge, fast value
Built-in virality or GTM edge
Riding an inevitable macro wave
Early user love & capital efficiency
Greg Moranx.comKeith Rabois on what Peter Thiel taught him about promoting people
“So I actually learned from Peter Thiel back at PayPal that you only really want to promote someone when there’s a significant delta between that person’s performance and the next best person. The bigger the delta, the easier it is to promote somebody.... See more
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The future of VC will be driven by the bifurcation into two types of firms: Cottage Keepers vs. Capital Agglomerators"
Going forward, they can't ignore each other. These players will need some semblance of symbiosis, rather than race-to-the-bottom direct competition.
Neither is good or bad,... See more
While @lennysan's deep-dive on @Linear was creating a stir, @MenloVentures had the honor of co-hosting a product dinner with Nan Yu, @Linear's now-famous solo product leader to talk shop.
What's clear is Nan Yu is not your ordinary PM. 🤘 Stay tuned as Nan and I share our learnings from his career at a later... See more
One technique I learned, actually from Brian Chesky at Airbnb, is to go find the five best people in Silicon Valley that do that role, and just have coffee with them. And just chat. In that dialogue, I think you form an ability to benchmark the differences between an A+ and a B+, so that when you meet new candidates, actual candidates, you can
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