startup founder
also referred to as: startup founders
5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 23, 2021 by Jason Calacanis · across every show →
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Apr 23, 2021
Calacanis says investors must guide talented founders to prevent self-destruction
“It's like being Professor X and the X-Men. You could have a Jean Grey or a Wolverine and like everybody's got a different superpower, but you need to teach them how to use that superpower so they don't self-destruct or cause chaos.”
Dec 11, 2021 negative
Chamath Palihapitiya argues that conflating valuation with true business value kills startups.
“You cannot get confused that value and valuation are not the same thing. Yeah. And so the minute you conflate the two and you're like, I'm an X billion dollar company and start behaving that way, you're dead.”
Jun 24, 2022
Jun 10, 2023
Chamath: Most startups fail because founders fear extreme decisions
“Most people actually, when push comes to shove are a little afraid of the decisions they need to make to be truly successful. They're not willing to fire the people that they need to fire. They're not willing to be extreme in the product they want to build. Th…”