Lessin: Working in-office is a costly signal comparable to Chinese foot binding.
Sam Lessin · #86: Elon’s $97B Curveball For OpenAI · More or Less Podcast · Feb 14, 2025 · at 6:43
Sam Lessin discusses why venture capitalists look favorably upon founders who work in-person rather than remotely.
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“It's kind of like you just demonstrate seriousness by all being in the same place and willingness. Like in some ways there are things in life kind of like Chinese foot binding where like, The value is the signaling, right? As much as anything else. And I do think there's just a signal to be like, yeah, we're five days a week in the office or more, you know, like that there's an important signal when you're grasping for signals about what's going to happen here.”
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