Alströmer: Most of Airbnb's first 10 to 15 PMs were former founders
Gustaf Alströmer · Lessons from working with 600+ YC startups | Gustaf Alströmer (Y Combinator, Airbnb) · Mar 2, 2023 · at 8:59
Gustaf Alströmer, Y Combinator partner and former Airbnb product lead, discusses the unique hiring profile of early Airbnb product management with host Lenny Rachitsky.
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“Like most startups don't have most of the PMs being former founders, but that I believe that was the case for the first like 10 or 12 or 15 PMs that there'd be. A lot of us were former founders. And I think that that made a big difference for how you make decisions and how you get started on things.”
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