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Libin: Silicon Valley Startup Model Engineered to Benefit Top-Tier VCs
“This idea of making a startup, a Silicon Valley-style startup, the concept has been engineered to benefit top-tier VCs.”
Libin: Calling an industry a relationship business signals it is immature
“A sign of, like, a non-serious business is when people in it say this is a relationship business. This is a sign of, like, it's immature, and it's not professionalized.”
Libin: Working two years in VC made me a better CEO than operating
“I think that my two year inadvertent vacation in venture capital, I think has probably made me a better CEO than any actual time operating a company.”
Phil Libin: Geographical Silicon Valley is less important than ever for innovation
“Silicon Valley, the actual geographical Silicon Valley, and basically San Francisco, and, you know, the area between San Francisco and Stanford is, I think, less important than it's ever been for tech and for innovation.”