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Livingston: What advice would you give to a young programmer who's thinking of starting a startup? Levchin: Try to have a good cofounder. I think it's all about people, and, if you are doing it completely alone, it's really hard. It's not impossible, in particular if you are a loner and introverted type, but it's still really hard.
Jessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
- Purchase Whitmyer et al.’s Running a One-Person Business. Make it the subject of informal (or not-so-informal) Study Sessions with a handful of colleagues. This isn’t cheating your employer: Improved one-person business skills rebound to the benefit of the services you “sell” in your Dept.
Tom Peters • The Brand You 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an 'Employee' into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion!
Grove wrote, “when everybody strives for a level of achievement beyond [their] immediate grasp. .
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
We always needed to focus on hiring good people. People are the foundation of any company. Machiavelli said you judge a leader by the strength of his generals, and it's so true. The team that we put in place would determine how successful Lycos would become over time, so we tried to hire very well.
Jessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
But Kevin still wanted to be helpful. He noticed that Square didn’t have a video demo on their website showing how the device worked. So on his own he put together a high-definition video showing off the device and then shared the video with Jack just as an fyi. Impressed, Jack turned around and invited Kevin to invest in the “full” Series A round
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What are one or two steps you’d take to surround yourself with successful people?