Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra on how to decide which customers to listen to
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Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra on how to decide which customers to listen to
2:04
How Instagram’s co-founder knew it was time to quit
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How Instagram’s co-founder knew it was time to quit
0:48
How Instagram’s co-founder knew it was time to quit
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How Instagram’s co-founder knew it was time to quit
0:48
Naval Ravikant on the “single-most important indicator of an entrepreneur’s success”
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Naval Ravikant on the “single-most important indicator of an entrepreneur’s success”
1:37
YC CEO Garry Tan: “Moat is not a noun. It’s a verb”
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YC CEO Garry Tan: “Moat is not a noun. It’s a verb”
0:57
YC CEO Garry Tan: “Moat is not a noun. It’s a verb”
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YC CEO Garry Tan: “Moat is not a noun. It’s a verb”
0:57
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shares the Paul Graham advice that helped him find product/market fit
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky shares the Paul Graham advice that helped him find product/market fit
2:11
Steve Jobs: The difference between good people and great people in software is 50-to-1
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Steve Jobs: The difference between good people and great people in software is 50-to-1
1:54
Sequoia Partner Jim Goetz on the importance of solving a specific pain point for a specific customer
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Sequoia Partner Jim Goetz on the importance of solving a specific pain point for a specific customer
1:22
Naval Ravikant: “Networking is overrated… Do something great and your network will instantly emerge"
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Naval Ravikant: “Networking is overrated… Do something great and your network will instantly emerge"
0:55
Vinod Khosla: “Don’t rely on what the world tells you is possible. Create the world you want.”
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Vinod Khosla: “Don’t rely on what the world tells you is possible. Create the world you want.”
2:08
Ryan Petersen on what Paul Graham told him when he stepped down as Flexport CEO
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Ryan Petersen on what Paul Graham told him when he stepped down as Flexport CEO
1:36
Ryan Petersen on what Paul Graham told him when he stepped down as Flexport CEO
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Ryan Petersen on what Paul Graham told him when he stepped down as Flexport CEO
1:36
Jeff Bezos on raising Amazon’s seed round: “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done”
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Jeff Bezos on raising Amazon’s seed round: “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done”
1:27
Patrick Collison: “Working with people you’re close to is underrated.”
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Patrick Collison: “Working with people you’re close to is underrated.”
1:43
Patrick Collison: “Working with people you’re close to is underrated.”
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Patrick Collison: “Working with people you’re close to is underrated.”
1:45
Naval Ravikant: “Human creativity is non-linear”
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Naval Ravikant: “Human creativity is non-linear”
1:36
Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: “The best companies never talk about the competition”
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Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: “The best companies never talk about the competition”
0:39
Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: “The best companies never talk about the competition”
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Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: “The best companies never talk about the competition”
0:39
Keith Rabois explains “Founder Mode” and its similarities to how PayPal was run in the early days
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Keith Rabois explains “Founder Mode” and its similarities to how PayPal was run in the early days
2:13
Sam Altman explains what startups get wrong about culture
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Sam Altman explains what startups get wrong about culture
2:26
Sam Altman explains what startups get wrong about culture
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Sam Altman explains what startups get wrong about culture
2:35
Jeff Bezos: “Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy”
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Jeff Bezos: “Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy”
0:53
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman explains why your company priorities are wrong
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman explains why your company priorities are wrong
1:57
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman explains why your company priorities are wrong
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman explains why your company priorities are wrong
1:59
Brian Chesky’s response to Samwer Brothers cloning Airbnb: “Missionaries will outlast mercenaries”
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Brian Chesky’s response to Samwer Brothers cloning Airbnb: “Missionaries will outlast mercenaries”
1:42
Naval Ravikant on the importance of hiring high-agency people
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Naval Ravikant on the importance of hiring high-agency people
1:17
Ben Horowitz explains why courage is the most important trait for startup founders
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Ben Horowitz explains why courage is the most important trait for startup founders
0:52
Peter Thiel: “disruption” is “one of the most horrible, overused buzzwords”
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Peter Thiel: “disruption” is “one of the most horrible, overused buzzwords”
1:21
Marc Andreessen on handling a crisis: “There are no silver bullets, only lead bullets”
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Marc Andreessen on handling a crisis: “There are no silver bullets, only lead bullets”
1:13
Elon Musk explains his life philosophy
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Elon Musk explains his life philosophy
2:52
Elon Musk explains his life philosophy
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Elon Musk explains his life philosophy
2:52
Drew Houston explains why it’s a mistake for CEOs to keep their options open
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Drew Houston explains why it’s a mistake for CEOs to keep their options open
2:08
Daniel Ek explains the core design principle that helped him build Spotify
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Daniel Ek explains the core design principle that helped him build Spotify
1:12
Daniel Ek explains the core design principle that helped him build Spotify
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Daniel Ek explains the core design principle that helped him build Spotify
1:12
Reid Hoffman: “It’ll take somewhere between three and five companies to be successful”
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Reid Hoffman: “It’ll take somewhere between three and five companies to be successful”
1:19
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel explains why he doesn’t get upset when Facebook copies their features
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel explains why he doesn’t get upset when Facebook copies their features
3:37
Sam Altman: “This is probably the best time (maybe ever) to be starting your career”
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Sam Altman: “This is probably the best time (maybe ever) to be starting your career”
1:07
Aman Sanger on scaling Cursor to $100M in revenue in 12 months
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Aman Sanger on scaling Cursor to $100M in revenue in 12 months
2:45
Aman Sanger on scaling Cursor to $100M in revenue in 12 months
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Aman Sanger on scaling Cursor to $100M in revenue in 12 months
2:45
Airbnb founder Brian Chesky on the rule he had with his cofounders
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Airbnb founder Brian Chesky on the rule he had with his cofounders
1:28
Peter Thiel on what most founders don’t understand about differentiation
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Peter Thiel on what most founders don’t understand about differentiation
2:04
Peter Thiel on what most founders don’t understand about differentiation
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Peter Thiel on what most founders don’t understand about differentiation
2:04
Mark Zuckerberg: “Start off trying to make something cool, not build a company.”
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Mark Zuckerberg: “Start off trying to make something cool, not build a company.”
0:52
NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang: "We never talk about market share”
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NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang: "We never talk about market share”
1:02
Sequoia founder Don Valentine: “The art of storytelling is incredibly important”
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Sequoia founder Don Valentine: “The art of storytelling is incredibly important”
0:53
Jeff Bezos: “You don’t understand my audience”
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Jeff Bezos: “You don’t understand my audience”
2:01
Sam Altman on the importance of having strong opinions about the future
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Sam Altman on the importance of having strong opinions about the future
1:22
Sam Altman on the importance of having strong opinions about the future
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Sam Altman on the importance of having strong opinions about the future
1:22
YouTube founder Chad Hurley explains the virality hack he learned at PayPal
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YouTube founder Chad Hurley explains the virality hack he learned at PayPal
1:06
Evan Spiegel explains why he didn’t sell Snapchat to Mark Zuckerberg for $3 billion
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Evan Spiegel explains why he didn’t sell Snapchat to Mark Zuckerberg for $3 billion
3:53
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on why you should hire the divas: “Steve Jobs was a diva”
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on why you should hire the divas: “Steve Jobs was a diva”
0:38
Jeff Bezos: “Stress comes from ignoring things that you shouldn’t be ignoring”
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Jeff Bezos: “Stress comes from ignoring things that you shouldn’t be ignoring”
1:34
Jeff Bezos: “Stress comes from ignoring things that you shouldn’t be ignoring”
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Jeff Bezos: “Stress comes from ignoring things that you shouldn’t be ignoring”
1:34
Steve Jobs on the most important job of a CEO
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Steve Jobs on the most important job of a CEO
0:55
Marc Andreessen on what made Steve Jobs great
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Marc Andreessen on what made Steve Jobs great
3:50
Benchmark founder Andy Rachleff on what most founders get wrong about product/market fit
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Benchmark founder Andy Rachleff on what most founders get wrong about product/market fit
1:40
Elon Musk on the key to achieving word-of-mouth growth
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Elon Musk on the key to achieving word-of-mouth growth
0:55
Elon Musk on the key to achieving word-of-mouth growth
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Elon Musk on the key to achieving word-of-mouth growth
0:55
Mark Zuckerberg: “There’s a difference between building good things and building awesome things”
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Mark Zuckerberg: “There’s a difference between building good things and building awesome things”
1:35
Sam Altman on the biggest mistake talented and hard-working people often make
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Sam Altman on the biggest mistake talented and hard-working people often make
0:48
DoorDash founder Tony Xu: "You can't compete against an incumbent on their territory”
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DoorDash founder Tony Xu: "You can't compete against an incumbent on their territory”
1:34
Naval Ravikant’s advice for raising venture capital: “It is an emotional sale, not a rational sale”
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Naval Ravikant’s advice for raising venture capital: “It is an emotional sale, not a rational sale”
2:51
Facebook VP of Growth Alex Schultz: “Startups should not have growth teams”
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Facebook VP of Growth Alex Schultz: “Startups should not have growth teams”
2:44
Peter Thiel on why the name of your startup is predictive of success or failure
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Peter Thiel on why the name of your startup is predictive of success or failure
2:04
Peter Thiel on why the name of your startup is predictive of success or failure
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Peter Thiel on why the name of your startup is predictive of success or failure
2:04
Peter Thiel: “AI in 2024 is like the Internet in 1999”
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Peter Thiel: “AI in 2024 is like the Internet in 1999”
1:29
Keith Rabois shares the decision-making framework he learned from Reid Hoffman
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Keith Rabois shares the decision-making framework he learned from Reid Hoffman
1:32
Keith Rabois shares the decision-making framework he learned from Reid Hoffman
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Keith Rabois shares the decision-making framework he learned from Reid Hoffman
1:32
Sam Altman explains why “how big is your market?” is a terrible question for investors to ask
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Sam Altman explains why “how big is your market?” is a terrible question for investors to ask
0:53
Vinod Khosla explains why you don’t want “founder friendly” VCs
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Vinod Khosla explains why you don’t want “founder friendly” VCs
2:06
Vinod Khosla explains why you don’t want “founder friendly” VCs
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Vinod Khosla explains why you don’t want “founder friendly” VCs
2:05
Mark Zuckerberg breaks down the Facebook “playbook”
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Mark Zuckerberg breaks down the Facebook “playbook”
1:25
Vinod Khosla on the two most important things to get right when building a company
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Vinod Khosla on the two most important things to get right when building a company
2:27
Vinod Khosla on the two most important things to get right when building a company
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Vinod Khosla on the two most important things to get right when building a company
2:31
Steve Wozniak explains why he gave $10 million of his own shares to early Apple employees after IPO
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Steve Wozniak explains why he gave $10 million of his own shares to early Apple employees after IPO
0:50
Scott Belsky on the “messy middle” and when to quit on your startup
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Scott Belsky on the “messy middle” and when to quit on your startup
2:21
Scott Belsky on the “messy middle” and when to quit on your startup
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Scott Belsky on the “messy middle” and when to quit on your startup
2:21
Keith Rabois explains that the key to LinkedIn’s success was investing 80% of resources in virality
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Keith Rabois explains that the key to LinkedIn’s success was investing 80% of resources in virality
0:52
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum explains why he charged $1 for the product to intentionally slow growth
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WhatsApp founder Jan Koum explains why he charged $1 for the product to intentionally slow growth
1:01
Sam Altman on the importance of surrounding yourself with people who don’t shoot down your ideas
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Sam Altman on the importance of surrounding yourself with people who don’t shoot down your ideas
0:39
Jensen Huang on Elon Musk and xAI building the fastest supercomputer on the planet in 19 days
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Jensen Huang on Elon Musk and xAI building the fastest supercomputer on the planet in 19 days
2:11
Peter Thiel explains his principle of only working on problems that wouldn’t get solved without you
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Peter Thiel explains his principle of only working on problems that wouldn’t get solved without you
1:50
Netflix founder Reed Hastings explains why “family” is a bad metaphor for your startup
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Netflix founder Reed Hastings explains why “family” is a bad metaphor for your startup
1:17
Netflix founder Reed Hastings explains why “family” is a bad metaphor for your startup
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Netflix founder Reed Hastings explains why “family” is a bad metaphor for your startup
1:17
Stripe founder John Collison explains his product principle of “talking up to the user”
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Stripe founder John Collison explains his product principle of “talking up to the user”
1:41
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison shares the tactics he used for finding product/market fit
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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison shares the tactics he used for finding product/market fit
2:14
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison shares the tactics he used for finding product/market fit
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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison shares the tactics he used for finding product/market fit
2:14
Sam Altman explains his two biggest mistakes when he started investing in startups
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Sam Altman explains his two biggest mistakes when he started investing in startups
2:48
Naval Ravikant: “Inspiration is perishable”
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Naval Ravikant: “Inspiration is perishable”
1:46
Rick Rubin on the power of creating something truly for yourself
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Rick Rubin on the power of creating something truly for yourself
1:00
Naval Ravikant on Elon Musk: “The great entrepreneurs are always willing to start over”
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Naval Ravikant on Elon Musk: “The great entrepreneurs are always willing to start over”
2:05
Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s process for expanding into new products like Kindle and AWS
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Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s process for expanding into new products like Kindle and AWS
2:26
Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s advice for startup founders: “Preemptive deals are bad”
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Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s advice for startup founders: “Preemptive deals are bad”
0:40
Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s advice for startup founders: “Preemptive deals are bad”
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Uber founder Travis Kalanick’s advice for startup founders: “Preemptive deals are bad”
0:40
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke: It’s impossible to make great products if you don’t give a sh*t
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Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke: It’s impossible to make great products if you don’t give a sh*t
1:34
Peter Thiel on the question he asks every startup founder he invests in
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Peter Thiel on the question he asks every startup founder he invests in
1:22
Mark Zuckerberg on how to avoid bad hires when your startup is growing quickly
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Mark Zuckerberg on how to avoid bad hires when your startup is growing quickly
1:02
Sam Altman explains what it means to be product-focused
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Sam Altman explains what it means to be product-focused
1:02
Sam Altman explains what it means to be product-focused
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Sam Altman explains what it means to be product-focused
1:02