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Blake Masters

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Blake Masters · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019 negative
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Masters: Startups cannot match Google or Facebook compensation to recruit top talent
“And I think that's the only way that if you're a startup, that's the only way that you're going to, you know, you're not going to be able to pay as much as Google or Facebook at this point. And that's the only way to attract people. Probably.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:41 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019
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Masters: Tech progress since the 1970s was mostly limited to IT
“And since since the early seventies we think there's been tons of Globalization and limited progress in technology. Almost all that progress has been confined to IT, which of course we know all about in Silicon Valley.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:12 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019
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Masters: Future trajectory hinges entirely on developing new technology
“Actually the future is going to be, you know, radically better. Than what we have now, or it's going to be radically worse, and that's going to hinge on the question of whether we can develop new technology.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:21 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Masters: Focus on becoming the last mover, not a competitor, in an industry
“What you really want to do is, is ignore competition and figure out how you can be the last mover in any industry, how you can define it. You never want to be like a competitive player in social networking. You want to be the company that defines social networ…”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:42 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Masters: Every company is a conspiracy to change the world
“Every company is a conspiracy to change the world. And like when you bring someone on, You can recruit someone if you can successfully convince them that your secret is, is valuable and that you can pull it off.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:47 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
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Masters: Every great business is built on a secret
“When you come out and declare that, like, hey, secrets exist, and every great business is built on a secret, I think it just I think it just shifts the conversation towards a more, you know, taking a more ambitious tilt.”
Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:46 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”
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