The Ledger

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Younis: Levels.fyi shows startups paying higher compensation than Google or Facebook
“You, like, you can just look on levels, FYI, you get paid more to go to a startup than you do at Google or Facebook, and those companies generate billions in cash flow a month.”
Qasar Younis Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 45:17 Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis
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Guild: Most restaurant discovery happens on Google, not DoorDash or Uber Eats
“It's still not DoorDash or Uber Eats. The vast majority of restaurant discovery still happens on Google, but that was especially true eight years ago.”
Adam Guild Mar 27, 2025 ▶ 25:29 Scrappy tactics and a huge post-COVID pivot | Adam Guild (Co-founder and CEO of Owner)
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Schillace: Microsoft cloud tools must preserve desktop compatibility, unlike Google Docs
“They're trying to keep the cloud very strongly competitive roundtrip, or very strongly compatible, you know, roundtrip compatible with the desktop. That's a design point Google does not care about, but Microsoft does care about.”
Sam Schillace Jun 6, 2024 ▶ 24:12 Developing technical taste: A guide for next-gen engineers | Sam Schillace (Microsoft, Google Docs)
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Weiss outlines Google's 70-20-10 product portfolio allocation framework
“When I was at Google, they used to have this model they called seventy-twenty-ten, and I think they kind of classified as, you know, 70% should be, that first category you said, like, low-hanging fruit, obvious wins, incremental. 20% should be kind of extendin…”
Noah Desai Weiss Jul 13, 2023 ▶ 52:33 Lessons from Slack on decision making, product-led growth, and taking big swings | Noah Desai Weiss
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