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Tim Junio: No regrets taking Peter Thiel's investment, would do it again
“I personally have no regrets about having taken his investment, and I would do so again in a heartbeat, and I would work with him in the future on other companies if that were ever in the cards.”
Tim Junio: Avoiding Washington under Donald Trump is a mistake for tech
“So I think eschewing the next four years of Washington, because Trump is a controversial figure, would be a bad choice for tech companies and for founders in particular.”
Tim Junio: Startup market downturns and VC doom are 'absolutely great news'
“So when there was all of this doom kind of at the beginning of 2015 regarding the VC market and startups failing, not being able to raise new rounds, I was very excited. I thought that that was absolutely great news, and the reason for that is I thought it wou…”
Tim Junio: Smart, hardworking people 'almost cannot fuck up' in Silicon Valley
“In my view, was a lot more meritocratic than things in academia and government, where it seemed like if you are very smart and hardworking, it's almost impossible to fuck up in working in tech in Silicon Valley. You will have a good outcome if you are a smart …”
Tim Junio: Core company vision must be imposed top-down by co-founders
“There are some non-negotiable Things that are just co-founder decisions, and you shouldn't discuss them as a group. It filters through the company by following your vision, your intent for the business, and that's not something that should be up for group disc…”
Tim Junio: Silicon Valley wastes enormous human talent on unproductive activities
“I really think that there is enormous human talent being wasted here on highly unproductive activities.”
Qadium funded initial development with Defense Department grants instead of VC
“We didn't start KDM with a specific product idea and We had some prototype ideas, and we applied for grants from the Defense Department to begin working on them, and so we didn't take VC money from the beginning. We took military money from the beginning to te…”
Tim Junio: Startup communication patterns break down past 15 engineers
“When you start getting beyond a handful of people, I think some of the magic numbers were kind of crossing 10 people, crossing more than 15 engineers. Things start to break, particularly related to communication patterns, and it starts to become a different ki…”