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Kerrest: Successful Enterprise Software Founders Are Industry Veterans, Not 20-Somethings
“I think if you look at successful enterprise software founders, whether it was Mark Benioff and Parker Harris, Salesforce, or whether it was Anil Bushri, And Dave Duffield at Workday or whether it was Fred Luddy at ServiceNow, these are all folks who did not s…”
Kerrest: Exceptional Founders Are Constrained Without Large, Growing Markets
“You can have a super special founder, but if you don't have that big market opportunity and there's not that opportunity to create the growth and to figure out the go to market strategy and all these other things, I think you're going to be kind of constrained…”
Kerrest: Startups should dominate small markets with adjacent expansion opportunities
“What he's looking for, and I agree with, is you want to become a monopolist in a small market with a lot of adjacencies.”
Kerrest: Two to four co-founders is the optimal startup team size
“I think if you look at the data says that solo founders always have a tougher time. I think you really see a lot of success in the two through four group of co-founders. I think once you get five co-founders or more, there's just too many cooks in the kitchen.”