Gokul Rajaram

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Jan 2, 2019
Insight
New executives have a 60-day window to make organizational changes
“You have 60 days to make org changes. After 60 days, you become an insider. It's very hard to make org changes.”
Gokul Rajaram Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:36 a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Pre-product-market fit startups should not hire product leaders
“Pre-PMF, a product market fit, at which point you don't hire any leaders, it's just you, your co-founder, and then a bunch of builders.”
Gokul Rajaram Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:50 a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Every employee and senior leader must act as a data analyst
“Every single person in the company needs to be an analyst for a company to work effectively. This includes every senior leader of the company.”
Gokul Rajaram Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:09 a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Disclosure
Gokul Rajaram spent five hours with Square's CEO before interviewing
“I spent essentially five hours before I even agreed to interview at Square with our CEO, just getting to know him and understanding what his vision is for the company, what he cares about, what he doesn't, what his philosophy is, how he works, because you can …”
Gokul Rajaram Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:19 a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Startups need their first product leadership at 23 to 30 engineers
“About 23 to 30 engineers is when you see the first evolution of leadership in the product function, because, A, there's enough engineers that there's many different things that you could organize them in many different ways, so there's need for more explicit s…”
Gokul Rajaram Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:22 a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product
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