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As it turned out, out of every 100 publicly traded firms founded since the 1970s, 50 were backed by VC funds.
Ilya Strebulaev • The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth
Land of the “Super Founders“— A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover the Secrets of Billion Dollar…
Ali Tamasebalitamaseb.medium.com
This is Peter Thiel.
He's worth $7.1 billion after founding & investing in $1B startups.
From creating the "PayPal mafia" to hiring Sam Altman, Reid Hoffman, and partnered with Elon Musk...
He is also the greatest recruiter ever!
His... See more
Embracing Paradox
Exploring the balance between opposing principles in investment, such as trust versus skepticism, patience versus urgency, and transparency versus confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of harmony in decision-making.
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4/ This paper by NYU Stern (MBA school) friend + prof Deepak Hedge suggests...
Individuals with ACTUAL ability that EXCEEDS the SIGNAL value of their ability (ie they know they are better than employers can tell from credentials)...become entrepreneurs. https://t.co/x9AAD9BMFN
How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his