companies

“All the value of what farmers own is in their data. And that's why companies love to take it for free.”

“I actually think we're going to come full circle, and I think companies will be out in front, and they're going to talk about their security strategy. They're going to admit that there's no such thing as 100% foolproof security, but they are going to make that…”

“I think companies need to have that kind of framework. Maybe not that formal, but they have to define what's super sensitive, lock that down in a way that's commensurate with the sensitivity of the information, and then think of it like concentric rings outsid…”

“So companies will always want you to indemnify them against all things, you know, everything that the, that they can think of and with unlimited caps on it.”

“I tend to like the companies that they're not reliant on playing Peacemaker with 10, but there are thousands, and then eventually, you can build up with thousands, and then sure, those 10 have no choice but to use your information.”

“We used to have, you know, four-year options with this ninety-day, you know, option to exercise in a period where companies used to go public in four or six years on average.”

“I think in a lot of cases, we see companies wait too long to start thinking about and drawing that line so they can get to a premium type offering.”

“The question gets teed up. Are we still going to have companies in the future? And as Eric and I started to think about all the stuff that we'd learned and tried to digest, our answer was an unequivocal yes.”

“And, the most interesting thing as you mature on the S-curve is that generally what happens is companies go through massive turmoil, And they change their executive staff, and they bring in people who are willing to figure out how to charge your existing custo…”

“I think the same thing's happening with crypto, where it's really a new way to build digital services that are owned and operated by Communities instead of being owned and operated by companies.”

“It used to be not a big deal because companies about, you know, six years or so from founding was kind of the median time to going public. Now we're talking to 10, 12 years.”

“A lot of companies intentionally delete their data. Like people will have retention policies on emails or slack, but by doing that, you're Eliminating knowledge and that knowledge could be useful”

“So we always try and get companies to do it before they're like, 50 employees. And this has actually helped us, right? Like, pay transparency would be much easier, and we've always said to people, the bigger your organization, the harder this project is.”

“There was just a Report that like half of companies are dropping their like bachelor degree requirement, which kind of says, well, the credential no longer means much.”

“But since the 19 eighties, the script has been flipped, with companies contributing 50 to 70% of America's R&D pie.”

“Companies don't know where that second level is, and they often think it's way, way, way lower percentage than it really is. So like what's a 50% cut might get you into, they think happens at 12%.”

“What's wrong with expansion is as companies grow they basically reach further and further into basically worse and worse lower margin businesses in order to continue to grow.”

“Armdahl's Law isn't just for CPUs, it's for companies, so that ratio of, like, computation to communication, right, is really important.”

“Every one of these companies that has ended up being a global world beater always has one of these stories of the path not taken.”

“Companies go through three stages. They go through the product stage, the sales stage, and the operations. And there's actually leaders for each one of these stages.”

“Right now, many companies are incentivizing people to use AI by counting tokens.”