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Rodrigues: Trucking is an order of magnitude larger than the advertising market
“So it's actually five hundred billion. So we like put that in context when technology came for advertising, it created two almost trillion dollar companies. And when we're talking about self-driving, we're talking about technology coming for an industry that's…”
Alex Rodrigues Jul 5, 2019 ▶ 13:53 20VC: Why Self-Driving Is Still Under-Hyped in The Medium To Long Term, What Will The Ownership Mechanism Be Both In Physical Assets & Data and How To Assemble A World Class Exec Team As A Young Founder with Alex Rodrigues, Founder & CEO @ Embark
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Rodrigues: Hiring and firing are young founders' biggest weaknesses
“If I had to pick like specific things that I think young founders frequently don't understand how to do, I would say hiring and firing are probably the top.”
Alex Rodrigues Jul 5, 2019 ▶ 25:32 20VC: Why Self-Driving Is Still Under-Hyped in The Medium To Long Term, What Will The Ownership Mechanism Be Both In Physical Assets & Data and How To Assemble A World Class Exec Team As A Young Founder with Alex Rodrigues, Founder & CEO @ Embark
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Rodrigues: Make clear crisis decisions by framing problems as advising a friend
“Yeah, I think it's easy to get wrapped up in the emotions of it, but I try to step outside myself and think, if this was a friend of mine who was having this problem, and they came to me and said, hey, here's the situation, what do you think? And sometimes I'l…”
Alex Rodrigues Jul 5, 2019 ▶ 31:18 20VC: Why Self-Driving Is Still Under-Hyped in The Medium To Long Term, What Will The Ownership Mechanism Be Both In Physical Assets & Data and How To Assemble A World Class Exec Team As A Young Founder with Alex Rodrigues, Founder & CEO @ Embark
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