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Libin: Formal performance reviews often do more harm than good
“I just haven't had good success with like reviews that felt more useful than harmful.”
Phil Libin Jan 25, 2021 ▶ 22:59 20VC: Evernote & mmhmm Founder Phil Libin on Why We are Beginning a Multi-Trillion Dollar Restructuring of the World, Why Shortcuts are the Biggest Mistakes Startups Make & The Future of Video and The Unbundling of Zoom
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Libin: We pay recruiters specifically to source out-of-network candidates
“So we spend money on recruiters and we specifically tell recruiters that we are paying you money to send us people that are outside of our comfort zones and outside of our networks, because we know plenty of, you know, middle-aged white dudes.”
Phil Libin Jan 25, 2021 ▶ 7:14 20VC: Evernote & mmhmm Founder Phil Libin on Why We are Beginning a Multi-Trillion Dollar Restructuring of the World, Why Shortcuts are the Biggest Mistakes Startups Make & The Future of Video and The Unbundling of Zoom
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Libin: I was not a very good VC at General Catalyst
“I don't think it was a very good VC.”
Phil Libin Jan 25, 2021 ▶ 17:12 20VC: Evernote & mmhmm Founder Phil Libin on Why We are Beginning a Multi-Trillion Dollar Restructuring of the World, Why Shortcuts are the Biggest Mistakes Startups Make & The Future of Video and The Unbundling of Zoom
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Phil Libin replaced himself as Evernote CEO at 400 employees
“And I think the kind of towards the end of my stay at Evernote, you know, I basically decided that I needed to replace myself once we gotten, you know, it's about 400 people that just felt like I just wasn't the problems that needed to be solved at a medium si…”
Phil Libin Oct 26, 2018 ▶ 22:45 20VC: Phil Libin on Why The Concept of A Silicon Valley Style Startup Is Made To Benefit VCs, Why The Very Structure of Companies Is Outdated and Inefficient & What It Means To Build The Netflix of Product
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Phil Libin Only Invests in Bots With Direct Pay-For-Function Utility Models
“The stuff that we're working on, the stuff that I'm investing in or helping to build, it's all like the, these are bots that do specific functions that people pay for.”
Phil Libin Jan 4, 2017 ▶ 14:08 20VC: Evernote's Phil Libin on The Pros and Cons Of Moving To VC, The Future For Bots & Having Marc Benioff & Reid Hoffman As Mentors
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