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Opinion
Levchin: Fully remote teams that never meet in person are deluding themselves
“The argument of I've never met my team, but I'm as productive in person. I only see them on zoom is a stupid argument. That's just not true. Like you form relationships, you understand each other's decision-making style, you break bread together, you form cama…”
Max Levchin Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 36:44 Max Levchin, Founder & CEO @ Affirm:The Biggest Surprise Scaling to $18.7BN Market Cap · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Levchin: Grading every worker in a 2,000-person firm is silly
“The story about knowing the letter grade of every person you hire in your company, whether it's 2000 people like a firm, but that's just silly.”
Max Levchin Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 0:08 Max Levchin, Founder & CEO @ Affirm:The Biggest Surprise Scaling to $18.7BN Market Cap · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Levchin: Choosing to co-found with Peter Thiel or Elon Musk is difficult
“If I could have a choice between starting a company with Peter or starting a company with Elon, it'd be a very hard choice to make. I think Peter is a more known quantity for me.”
Max Levchin Feb 5, 2025 ▶ 53:20 Max Levchin, Founder & CEO @ Affirm:The Biggest Surprise Scaling to $18.7BN Market Cap · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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