EQ
topic on 5 shows · 10 statements across 8 episodes
Masters of Scale 
BigDeal 
Capital Allocators 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
10 statements about EQ, every show
Weitzman: Adversity quotient matters more than IQ or EQ in candidates
“People talk a lot about IQ, intelligent quotient, or EQ, emotional quotient, but the most important one is AQ, adversity quotient.”
Sanchez: EQ increases salary 20-30% while IQ has zero correlation to wealth
“I was reading a study the other day about how there's something like a, like, 20 to 30% increase in salary just from thinking about increasing your EQ and really ignoring IQ, that IQ almost has no correlation between monetary success.”
Hoffman: People under-describe the importance of EQ in human-computer interaction
“People way under describe the EQ issues within Computer-human interaction, a bunch of other stuff.”
El Kaliouby: Emotional intelligence is as essential for technology as for leaders
“People who have higher EQs tend to be just better leaders and better partners. And I think that's going to be true. I do believe that's true for technology as well.”
Larry Shurtz: High-end EQ and empathy cannot be trained
“The, in my opinion, the things you cannot train EQ. Really, really good high-end EQ. I just, I firmly believe that that's in you. And I think that is the art, and I would tell you, as it relates to things like empathy, which is what we're all looking for from …”
Visser: Adaptability Quotient is the dominant metric when interviewing hires
“When I interview people, whether they're a PM, or whether they're someone that's going to help the marketing effort, I'm literally in my head going through an IQ, EQ, AQ measurement, and I'm asking all my questions mainly towards AQ and EQ, but AQ for the most…”
Sutton: Emotional intelligence is only 10% as important as IQ
“EQ is one of the most overrated concepts on the planet. It's there, it matters, but if you look at the evidence, it's about, a good guess, 10% as important as old-fashioned IQ.”
Sutton: High emotional intelligence enables malicious manipulation of others
“People with high EQ are especially good at manipulating others to ill means. So it exists, but it's a concept that has been way over glorified.”
Seed investing is 70% EQ and people evaluation
“Truth is, it's 70% of it is really the EQ, because this is all about the people.”
Pompliano: Pure intelligence is overrated compared to EQ in predicting success
“I believe that Intelligence is quite overrated, and EQ is quite underrated. I think that you can be very successful by having a high EQ, and if you have intelligence as well, then you kind of just double your probability for success, but I think that most peop…”