Silicon Valley startups
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Adam Grant · across every show →
Everything said about Silicon Valley startups, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Grant: Hiring for cultural fit boosts IPO odds but slows post-IPO growth
“Founders who hire on cultural fit are less likely to see their startups fail, and they're more likely to make it to IPO. And then after IPO, their firms grow at a much slower rate than the ones that hire on skill or potential.”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Andreessen: Silicon Valley tech-swarming startups face an 80% mortality rate
“The strength of the valley is you get a thousand startups that basically swarm all the different possible implications of that change, and so you get a thousand mobile apps, you get a thousand devices that use the microprocessor, you get a thousand internet st…”