Hiring Isn’t Just Filling A Slot, It’s Creating Branches Of A Tree: Stripe Co-Founder John Collison
Hiring at a startup, especially in the early stages, is a lot more consequential than it could initially appear. John Collison, the co-founder…
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Steve Jobs On How Products Suffer When Sales & Marketing Teams Take Over Companies
Sales and marketing are vital functions for most businesses, but one of the greatest CEOs of all time believed that they should be…
I’ve Never Met Someone Really Successful Who Had A Great Social Life At 20: Palantir CEO Alex Karp
Greatness is always possible, but it comes at a price. That blunt observation comes from Alex Karp, the eccentric, ponytail-sporting CEO of Palantir…
Ben Horowitz Explains The Difference Between Engineers And Salespeople
There’s always some tension between the engineering and sales verticals in big companies, and it may come down to fundamental differences in how…
If You Don’t Love What You’re Doing, You’re Going To Fail: Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was, by all accounts, an uncompromising CEO and a hard taskmaster, but he wouldn’t have been as successful as he was…
How Elon Musk Uses The Power Of Saying ‘No’ To Build His Many Businesses
Elon Musk seems to say ‘yes’ to building any company that would help the overall cause of humanity, but his real superpower might…
The Biggest Mistake I Made Is That I Weighed People’s Talent More Than Their Personality: Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the quintessential engineer, and focuses on data and facts even in terms of hiring and managing people, but he says…
Sam Altman On How To Spot Real And Fake Trends
Much of entrepreneurship is about spotting trends before they become mainstream, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — when he was with Y Combinator…
Inspiration Is Perishable, Act On It Immediately: Naval Ravikant
Inspiration can create great art, massive companies, and world-changing theories, but it might have a very short shelf-life. Naval Ravikant, the philosopher-entrepreneur behind…