Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

It was all technical. You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. Technical founder. And my specialty was computer networks.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

The scandal over Tinder CEO Sean Rad and CMO Justin Mateen sexually harassing fellow cofounder Whitney Wolfe ended in a million dollar settlement and horrible publicity for the company. Make sure your team (especially your leadership!) Microsoft has some really bad karma. Exposing weaknesses, showing biases.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Niraj Shah, CEO/cofounder of Wayfair ($500m revenue). Colin Angle, CEO/cofounder of iRobot (2005 IPO). Paul English, CTO/cofounder of Kayak ($200m revenue, S-1 filed). Matt Lauzon, CEO/cofounder of Gemvara (reportedly $10m revenue) . Scott Griffith, CEO ZipCar (2010 IPO).

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

It lacked the audience my product needed to succeed – the early adopters web hackers looking for the next cool toy to play with. This is a very specific audience dictated by my decision not to build a consumer product. #17 Discord with a cofounder was one of the most fatal issues for a company. 4 – Poor Marketing.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

This led me to realize there were two huge gaping holes in the industry, not just in terms of the way the industry served its customers – although undoubtedly this was a problem – but more importantly, inefficiencies and wastage that were always going to stop the private jet industry being accepted by a wider audience.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

First, understand your audience. We have evidence that we’re en route to market leadership. The other purpose of this slide was to demonstrate market leadership by showing that important organizations were coming to talk to us. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder.

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