Nikolay Storonsky

“Well, I think you need to be realistic, right? You yourself, you need to have a track record of achieving goals. To be able to evaluate how difficult is this particular goal, right? In your head, you already need to have a playbook or a template how you would …”

“Well, today I just give people goals. I always quantify goals so they are measurable, and then I let them reach these goals. Simple there. And then, you know, if things are going smoothly, I can see on a weekly basis during business reviews or during one-on-on…”

“And when he went to Vegas and took some money to play poker they took away around 10 to 15% because of the currency exchange. And because he was like, look, I mean, I trade hundreds of millions of dollars without paying any fees. He was like, hey, maybe there'…”

“Honestly, Jesse, I've interviewed a thousand of the biggest founders of our time. Nick is the best of all of them. Period. Hands down.”

“Yes. In the most recent round.”

“I applied and Nick replied within five minutes.”

“So I came for an interview, and he asked me a bunch of physics questions, like, you know, I didn't realize I was applying for a physics job. And he offered me a role, you know, right after the interview.”