Adrian Aoun
9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 22, 2024 by Adrian Aoun · across every show →
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Nov 22, 2024 positive
Aoun: Silicon Valley needs more arrogance, not less
“I think we need more arrogance in Silicon Valley, not less. And by that, what I mean is not this outward obnoxious be an asshole kind of arrogance, but look, it takes a special kind of arrogance to sit down, look at something like healthcare and be like, well,…”
Nov 22, 2024
Levchin backed Aoun's NLP startup provided it avoided neural networks
“I remember pitching Max Levchin to invest and Max goes, I'm totally in. I'm all for this company. As long as you tell me you're not using neural networks, because those things don't work. And I'm sitting there thinking all we're using is neural networks. And I…”
Nov 22, 2024 positive
Aoun: Spinning Forward's CarePod assets into a seed startup is viable
“And so I think if you took those care pods, if somebody wanted to go buy those assets, maybe me or somebody else and spin that into a new company, that's not what I'm working on right now to be clear. But if you did, I actually think that would be a good idea.…”
Nov 22, 2024 neutral
Aoun: Vertically integrated startups cannot easily cut burn through layoffs
“If you're in a vertically integrated business like us, like employees are a cost. Don't get me wrong, but they're not 80% of your cost, right? They're 30 or 40% at best. And so, you know, we have everything from leases to AWS contracts to you name it, and we c…”
Nov 22, 2024
Aoun: Continuing to lead people after hope is lost is unethical
“When you're asking investors, when you're asking customers, when you're asking employees to follow you and believe in you, The second you don't believe that you have a chance of success, you're being unethical and having all these people follow you.”
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024 negative
Aoun: I would have quit Forward rather than run a zombie company
“If you had told me to just sit in that company, I would have quit that company. Like, there's no way I wanted to sit in a company where I already don't believe in the future, but I've somehow managed to get it to continue for in perpetuity.”
Nov 22, 2024
Aoun started his next company immediately due to investor demand
“Tuesday morning after this all happened, I said, I'm taking a break. And by Wednesday morning, because the investors said they want to come in and the employees said they want to come in. I said, I'm starting a company like without, and not only am I starting …”