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Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur, executive, and one of the greatest tech investors of all time, with early stakes in something like 40 billion-plus dollar companies: AirBnB, Anduril, Coinbase, Figma, Flexport, Instacart, Notion, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe… I could really go on. He's now managing a new billion dollar venture fund, for which he's the sole investor. Elad is also the co-founder of 2 companies: Color Genomics, a company providing genetic testing, software and clinical services for large-scale health programs – and before that, Mixer Labs, a company building location infrastructure for mobile devices that was acquired by Twitter. He worked as a VP at Twitter and also started the mobile team at Google. 0:00 - Intro 6:11 - Blank Slates and Decaying Institutions 8:16 - Western Pessimism and Agendas of Abundance vs Scarcity 12:30 - The Long Boom: Is Innovation Speeding Up? 16:26 - Are Startups Founder Limited or Market Limited? 19:26 - EIR Syndrome and Choosing the Right Market 21:41 - What Makes for a Good Investor, Operator and Entrepreneur? 24:05 - Positives and Negatives of Investing and Operating 26:17 - The Brand Value of Individuals vs Institutions 28:05 - Competing with Massive Firms 30:33 - Market-Driven Investing 33:23 - Starting Companies as Surfing Waves 36:09 - Age of Accomplishment and The Deferral of Adulthood 42:15 - What to Say Yes To 44:21 - Defense Tech and Complacency 49:25 - Private Markets and The Future of Venture 52:11 - Discontinuities in AI 53:49 - On Google 55:16 - LLM Oligopoly and Long-Term Scenarios for AI 1:00:41 - AGI and Sleeping 3 Hours a Night 1:03:19 - AI Doomerism 1:06:05 - The Deterioration of Speed 1:09:27 - Bureaucracy and the State of Nuclear 1:12:52 - Generosity and the Culture of Silicon Valley 1:15:19 - What Should More People Be Thinking About?

Warp: Don't let payroll and compliance hold your startup back: visit https://joinwarp.com/peel to get started and receive a $1,000 gift card when you first run payroll. Get Attio, the next generation of CRM: https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel Elad Gil is the founder of Color Genomics and Mixer Labs, which he sold to Twitter, and an early investor in iconic companies like Airbnb and Stripe, plus upstarts like Perplexity and Anduril. This is a wide ranging conversation that covers education, AI, and advice for building a startup. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (03:46) Building cool monuments (09:12) Fixing education (16:38) Why AI is underhyped (19:02) Four trends to watch in AI (19:55) Why there aren't large biotech companies (23:21) The current state of Elad Gill (24:32) How he incubates companies (26:32) Contemplating AI-driven buyouts (27:29) His investing strategy, from early to late stage (36:57) Why he remained solo for so long (40:19) How to get conviction in unpopular investments (42:53) What made Steve Jobs a good communicator (44:00) The importance of ambition and leadership (46:28) Why Elad puts so much weight in the market (47:45) The evolution of Google's business model (49:17) How to monetize consumer products (50:06) Analyzing a potential startup market (51:23) How successful products eventually become distribution companies (56:30) Non-obvious startup advice (59:54) When its OK to give up (01:02:20) Advice on raising your first round (01:03:21) Picking board members (01:04:45) How to hire your first three employees (01:06:48) Avoiding bad hires (01:08:39) The importance of speed of execution (01:12:36) Why he's adding to his team (01:14:31) Gardening Referenced: Elad's Blog: https://blog.eladgil.com/ Elad's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@NoPriorsPodcast/ Elad's Book: https://growth.eladgil.com/ Where to find Elad: Twitter: https://twitter.com/eladgil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eladgil Celine's Website: https://eladgil.com/ Where to find Turner: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak/ Newsletter: https://www.thespl.it/

In this episode, Elad sits down with Sabrina Halper for a candid conversation about all things technology. You'll hear his thoughts on: 1.How to develop a long-term career in technology: -The power of peer groups and cohorts -Which jobs to pursue -Re-inventing yourself -Living in the physical hubs 2.Advice for founders of startups and growth-stage companies: -Why large companies stagnate and how to avoid it as you scale -How to think about startup moats and defensibility -The power of picking the right market -What led to Twitter's lack of iteration pre-Elon 3.Artificial Intelligence: -How to pick the winners -How things might shake up between OpenAI, Google, and Meta/ opensource -Amazon's play -Incentives around regulation -The need for thoughtful cost-benefit analysis -The best and worst case scenarios of AGI 4.Personal advice on: -Being a dynamic individual -Resilience -Time management Who is Elad Gil? Elad Gil is a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to companies such as AirBnB, Airtable, Brex, Coinbase, Deel, Figma, Gusto, Instacart, Notion, Pinterest, Rippling, Square, Stripe and others. Elad has invested in 40+ companies worth $1B or more, 30+ of them at the seed or series A. Elad was early to the AI space, running AI-centric products at Twitter (search), Google (ads targeting) and has invested in generative AI companies like Perplexity, Harvey.AI, Character. Elad is a Co-Founder of Color Health, a digital population healthcare delivery company. Elad also founded Mixer Labs, which was acquired by Twitter, and was VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter. Elad received a Ph.D. from MIT and BS and BA in Math from UCSD. He is the author of the bestselling book High Growth Handbook. Follow Elad on Twitter or check out his website. Engage with HOF on Twitter & read our March to Utopia. Connect with Sabrina on Twitter.

What's up folks. This is part 2 of our deep dive into AI impacts on marketing jobs.In our last episode we introduced the topic and covered how fast AI could replace marketing jobs and what the transition might look like. It's not like our jobs are gonna vanish overnight, but the shift is happening faster than many of us realize. AI's no longer just a loosely backed buzzword; it's doing things today that we used to think were impossible. So, as marketers, we've gotta take this tech seriously.Next up, 2. Staying informed and keeping up with changes (today)3. Practical ways marketers can adapt for the AI-driven economy4. Find the top AI marketing tools and filter out the noiseOutlineHere are some of the topics for this second episode: Staying informed, who to follow, courses to check out In person events and networking Exploring new sources of income Here's today's main takeaway:  The impact of AI on the job market is difficult to predict in 5 years let alone 10. The only way to future proof your career and position yourself to thrive in an increasingly AI-driven economy is by staying informed and developing new skills.  We're going to double down on some of these in today's episode. Commentary/question on shiny object syndrome vs being an early adopter. As a marketer, it's our job to stay modern - it's true of any job, but marketing is on the next level We self propel change and create our own reasons to change things up.  We suffer a bit from herd mentality as well – I think we tend to rush the new trend, be it TikTok or ChatGPT and choose saturation instead of consideration I don't think the value of being an early adopter is being “first;” rather, it's giving yourself time to immerse yourself and begin to master the topic To learn a topic, you simply can't read 5 blog posts and master it; I firmly believe you need to get hands-on experience Shiny object - Try to make a buck, dispose of poor performer, invest in top performers; easily distracted by next objectEarly adopter - thoughtful approach to seeing new technology as part of wider trend; has playbook or process for learning and evaluating new tech, How marketers can stay informed and become AI fluentStaying up-to-date on the latest developments in AI and AGI is probably the top thing you can do as a marketer. Understanding capabilities as they are released or even pre-released. This allows you to get a leg up on others and see the potential impact on your company, industry and even job market as a whole. My goals would be to understand how AI works, its potential, and limitations. Most marketers don't have a great grasp on this at all. Invest in learning about AI, ML, deep learning, and related tech. Ultimately try to arm yourself with knowledge to position yourself as a marketing expert in leveraging AI tools to drive revenue.I think you and are very similar in our approach to this: learn from smart people, and then jump in and experiment and get hands-on experience. Phil, your research process is always fire: who are the smart people you're learning from? People and blogs to followThere's waaay smarter people that are tracking this stuff. Not all of these have a marketing lens but they often cover marketing aspects. These are my favorite folks to follow.We'll have links to all of their twitter accounts and their newsletters or podcasts in our show notes. Ed Gilhttps://twitter.com/eladgil https://blog.eladgil.com/ Ed is an awesome follow on Twitter, he's an investor and advisor in some of the most well known tech companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe and others. He worked at Google and Twitter after his company Mixer Labs was acquired. Aside from AI he's highly in touch with everything tech and startups. He doesn't post super often but he has a solid blog and he's the co-host of No Priors podcast that features long form chats with the leading engineers, researchers and founders in AI. Ben Tossell (tuh-sell)https://twitter.com/bentossellhttps://bensbites.co/ Ben's the Founder and CEO of Makerpad, one of the top sites to learn and work on no-code tools. He currently works at Zapier, focusing on AI after they acquired Makerpad last year. Before that he led Community at Product Hunt and later AngelList when they acquired Product Hunt in 2016. He runs one of the most popular AI newsletters called Ben's Bites, it's easily been my favorite daily way to stay up-to-date with the latest AI happenings. Sarah Guohttps://twitter.com/saranormous https://linktr.ee/nopriors Sarah's a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an early-stage VC firm specialized in AI startups. She made waves in SF during her time at Greylock, a top VC firm in the Valley, where she became their youngest general partner. She's the other co-host of No Priors podcast alongside Ed Gil. She has an extensive network, and her close association with Andrew Ng (ing), the co-founder and leader of Google Brain, persuaded her that a "deep learning revolution was coming".Natasha Mascarenhashttps://twitter.com/nmasc_ https://pod.link/equity Natasha is a senior tech reporter at TechCrunch covering startups and AI and is the co-host of the Equity podcast. She wrote a super interesting article that summarized the discussions that took place during the Cerebral Valley Summit earlier this month. Ben Parrhttps://twitter.com/benparr https://benparr.substack.com/ Ben Parr is a seasoned tech industry analyst, he's a journalist, author, investor, founder, and operator. Known for being Editor at Mashable and journalist at CNET, he's also the co-founder of Octane AI, developing AI products for ecommerce.His long time column The Social Analyst covers the intersection of technology, particularly AI, and its effect on society. He's highly entertaining on Twitter and doesn't shy away from predictions and hot takes like recently when he pleaded that people stop saying GPT-4 can't replace their jobs, he says “Yes, it can. It's only a matter of time”. So obviously on the AI enthusiast train. Shawn @swyx Wanghttps://twitter.com/swyx https://latent.space/ Swyx is one of my favorite twitter follows on AI, he's always on top of new releases with solid commentary and his newsletter Latent Space offers a fascinating thought provoking perspective on generative AI and capitalism. Melanie Mitchellhttps://twitter.com/MelMitchell1 https://aiguide.substack.com/ Melanie is an author and Professor at Santa Fe Institute and works in the fields of AI, cognitive science, and complex systems. She's a bit different from others on the list in that she's way closer to the science and is a lot more down to Earth when it comes to the fear mongering and doomer arguments about AI. Her newsletter AI: A Guide for Thinking Humans covers AI developments and she gives commentary on popular headlines. In her article Thoughts on a crazy week in AI, she argues that to address concerns and potential risks, there's a need for better AI literacy, transparency, and independent evaluation.Dan Shipperhttps://twitter.com/danshipper https://every.to/chain-of-thought Dan's the CEO and founder of Every, a newsletter on business, AI, and personal development. The publication is widely read by almost 100,000 founders, operators, and investors. He's got a couple banger articles but even better AI commentary on Twitter. He recently wrote a fantastic article explaining how AI models, like GPT-4, are more focused on reasoning capabilities than knowledge databases. Britney Mullerhttps://twitter.com/BritneyMuller https://datasci101.com/ I first discovered Britney during one of her talks on the stage at Mozcon in Seattle when she was a Senior SEO Scientist at Moz. At the time she was already doing amazing work at the intersection of SEO, ML and Data science. Since then, she's gone on to work at Hugging Face, one of the biggest AI builder communities. She's currently building Data Science 101, a fun & accessible data science resource. Her twitter feed is filled with practical insights on NLP and ML with a bunch of marketing applications. Kieran Flanaganhttps://twitter.com/searchbrat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Kieran's someone I've followed for several years, he's a former VP at Hubspot and is now CMO at Zapier. He runs a new podcast called Marketing Against the Grain and they've been on an AI binge for a few months now. He's worth highlighting here because he has a really good lens about how we can translate AI advancements and apply them to marketing. Rachel Woodshttps://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods https://news.theaiexchange.com/ Last but not least, Rachel is a founder and a former Research Data Scientist at Facebook who worked to bring cutting edge ML/AI to life in Instagram's ads products. If you run ads you've probably seen some things she's shipped. She spends most of her time these days decoding what's happening in AI with her awesome newsletter called The AI Exchange. It'll not only keep you up to date with the latest headlines in AI but provide you with practical discussion and trends to help you use AI. She's more active on TikTok than twitter if that's your thing.Okay damn that was a lot of people… let us know who we missed!AI Courses1. AI in digital marketing, https://mygreatlearning.com/academy/learn-for-free/courses/ai-in-digital-marketing 2. Diploma in machine learning, https://uniathena.com/lms/student-dashboard/view-as-learner/303/8266 3. Intro to Artificial Intelligence, https://learn.udacity.com/courses/cs271 4. AI for Social Good, https://ai.google/education/ 5. Find 2,500+ courses,https://classcentral.com/search?q=ai 6. Marketing AI Certificate Program at Cornell https://ecornell.cornell.edu/certificates/marketing/marketing-ai/ Alright so that's a ton of reading to keep you busy and informed, what else can you be doing?Network and collaborate Millions of people work remotely and obviously during COVID in person events took a huge hit. But they could become more important than ever. Peep Laja (Pep Laya), CEO of Wynter, founder of CXL, said it best: the level of noise coming is massive. Human connection and real relationships are going to go up in value. Attend more in-person events. https://twitter.com/randfish/status/1641573240467517440?s=20 JT do you remember the last time you attended a marketing event?Checkout Meetup.com for local events in your city. Ask your boss to increase the budget on conference attendance this year and give him a few AI + marketing recommendations. Conferences to check out: https://ai4.io/ in August in Vegas https://collisionconf.com/ in Toronto in June https://london.theaisummit.com/ in London in June https://databricks.com/dataaisummit/north-america-2023 in SanFran in June Explore entrepreneurshipThis one is risky if you're thinking of building a startup today on top of GPT because of the risk GPT might replace you with their next update… but finding an additional source of income is a great option if you're feeling uncertain about the future and it's the best way to learn. Yeah another route is just side hustles or starting to freelance.Diversifying your income is something you should always be thinking about, especially in the age of layoffs we're seeing these days. Take on side projects, invest in real estate, think about passive income… Consider mentoring. Growth Mentor plug: https://www.growthmentor.com/ Experiment and Play I think we need to talk about experimenting with AI I could ask you a ton of questions about the AI art generating you do on Midjourney – like it's so interesting to me and it's fucking dope – it'd be a good bookend on this episode Non-AI skills required I also think we should cover this a tiny but here but definitely in a future episode Like future-proofed for AI world I'd argue you need to be: Master strategist Understanding of the underlying tech I think technical skills will be a bonus ✌️--Intro music by Wowa via UnminusCover art created with Midjourney

Elad Gil — most recently co-founder of Color Genomics, previously co-founder and CEO of Mixer Labs, which was acquired by Twitter. He was a  VP at Twitter focusing on scaling the company from 90 to 1500 people. Previously at Google he started their mobile team, and worked on AdSense. He is also flat out one of the best angel investors/advisors in the startup community. His portfolio includes Airbnb, Airtable, Anduril, Brex, Checkr, Coinbase, Flexport, Gitlab, Gusto, Instacart, Opendoor, PagerDuty, Pinterest, Samsara, Square, Stripe, and Wish.He has a kind of sight that makes the nonobvious appear obvious. (Interviewed by StartupGrind's Chris Joannou). 

On today’s episode, we hear from Elad Gil, the co-founder of Mixer Labs and Color Genomics, investor and advisor to a multitude of companies, and author of “High Growth Handbook”. Listen in to learn about Elad’s biggest takeaways from working at Google and Twitter, and his answers to some of the tougher questions around founding and investing, like what do you do when an employee isn’t scaling with a company? Or how do you diligence a company in a market so forward thinking it doesn’t exist yet?Find out more about Elad’s book here: https://growth.eladgil.com/

Elad is an entrepreneur and operating executive as well as an investor or advisor to a number of successful companies including AirBnB, Airtable, Coinbase, Flexport, Gusto, Instacart, Opendoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, and Wish. He previously was the co-founder and CEO Color Genomics and before that Mixer Labs which was acquired by Twitter. Elad served as the VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter where he helped the company scale from 90 to 1,500 employees. He previously started the mobile team at Google. Elad is the author of High Growth Handbook, and writes more on his blog at blog.eladgil.com. [1:52] - Elad's value-add as a startup investor, board member, and advisor [4:27] - Why he evaluates product-market first and foremost [9:53] - The changing role of geographical location for startups [15:11] - How crypto today compares to the early years of the internet [21:25] - Creating a virtual world with pluto.video [23:23] - Maximizing the growth of early successes [26:44] - Balancing founding principles with an evolving company culture [29:34] - The growth of founders in parallel to their companies [32:01] - How advisors and board members can influence a company's success [35:26] - How to identify the best additions to an executive team [39:54] - Time management through delegation and other strategies [46:30] - Elad's interest in longevity and perspective on the field -- Thank you for listening to Pod of Jake! All shares and reviews are sincerely appreciated! LINKS: Twitter: @blogofjake Website: podofjake.com Blog: blogofjake.com Email: jake@blogofjake.com Call: superpeer.com/jake Support: patreon.com/blogofjake Bitcoin: 3ESGQxrJZmGqd2SifqCUiHPvah1uWtN1Zd Ethereum: blogofjake.eth 0xF89aCC1f8c4FeEAc372997006BfE7c0fdD99F80c Bitcoin Cash: qznma8vxf8kjn4v9phsfkhzd0559gm7yfsx0gkl4sf

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Elad Gil. Elad is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor to companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Checkr, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Gitlab, Brex, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, Wish, and many more. He is co-founder at Color Genomics and its former CEO. Previously, he was VP of corporate strategy at Twitter after it acquired his firm Mixer Labs, and he was Google's original product manager for Google Mobile Maps. And lastly, he is the author of High Growth Handbook.In this episode;1-) Advice to founders in today's capital-rich environment2-) Where to start a company3-) What to look for while getting a co-founder4-) Scaling in a remote era5-) What's going to be a unicornFounder's FAQ is a book for founders and you can pre-order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

Our latest episode is a fireside chat between Armando Mann, Chief Business Officer at Hopin, and Elad Gil,  entrepreneur, investor, and author. Elad walks us through how he sees companies coming out of the pandemic, the offensive and defensive moves a startup can take to protect themselves from uncertainties that arise during a pandemic, how companies can leverage the pandemic to recruit the best talent, explore new opportunities in mergers and acquisitions and go after enterprise clients. The future of remote work, the urgent needs, and problems startups are not addressing, what new technology Elad is most excited about, and much more.   Listen in.Get $10,000 free credits to use Freshworks products (including the brand new Freshworks CRM packed with AI-based lead scoring, phone, email, activity capture, and more) by joining the Freshworks for Startups program. Click here to check eligibility. About the GuestElad Gil is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Checkr, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, and Wish. He is co-founder and chairman at Color Genomics and its former CEO. Previously, Gil was VP of corporate strategy at Twitter after it acquired his firm Mixer Labs, and he was Google's original product manager for Google Mobile Maps.About the HostArmando Mann is Chief Business Officer at Hopin, the leading platform for virtual events where you can host a 50 person meetup or a 50,000 person conference. He is also a global investor in SaaS startups such as Carta, Blend, and Freshworks. Armando launched and led go to market for Dropbox for Business. Before that, he built the sales teams for various Google emerging businesses, including Google Offers and AdWords Express. Armando holds an Industrial Engineering degree from ITBA and a Master in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is Powered by Freshworks Inc. a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian 

Elad Gil is one of Silicon Valley's most successful and prominent angels of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Stripe, Square, Airbnb, Pinterest, Instacart, Flexport and Brex to name a few. Prior to solely company investing, Elad was an operator as Founder and CEO @ Color Genomics for their first 3 years. Before Color, Elad was a VP of Corporate Strategy @ Twitter following their acquisition of the company he founded, Mixer Labs. Before founding Mixer, Elad spent 3 years at Google where he was involved with 3 acquisition including the Android acquisition. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Elad made his way into the world of startups and how that led to his investing in some of the most prominent companies of the last decade? 2.) How is the venture and startup landscape shifting right now? What does Elad make of the large multi-stage funds re-entering seed? How does Elad advise founders when it comes to taking secondaries? 3.) What are the core elements startups need to assess to fully understand their cash position? What is the optimal runway to have and to raise for today? How can founders stress test their runway models? Where does Elad see the most mistakes when it comes to runway? 4.) Does Elad believe the VC messages of "Open for Business" during COVID? How does Elad advise founders when it comes to valuation sensitivity today? What are the core terms that founders should watch out for when raising? How does Elad see venture fund reserve allocations changing? 5.) What are the core tenets of an effective layoff strategy? How should they determine the right level of aggression with which to make cuts? How can layoffs be done in a way that maintains internal culture and morale? Where does Elad see many going wrong when it comes to layoffs? 6.) Which business will thrive in COVID times? Which will die? What are the leading indicators of each? How does Elad determine in the businesses that are growing immensely during COVID, those that are sustainable growth and those which are purely due to COVID? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Elad’s Fave Book: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Elad’s Most Recent Investment: Deel As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Elad and on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

We continue with the #InsightsPodcast Series with a conversation on the evolving role of a Founder-CEO with Elad Gil, serial entrepreneur, investor and most recently, author of High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People. Elad Gil has had a lot of experience with super-high-growth startups, having grown Google from 1,500 people to 15,000 people in just over three years. Following the stint at Google, Elad started a company called Mixer Labs, where he expanded the team from 90 to 1,500 in just a couple of years. The firm was acquired by Twitter in just a few years. It was around this time that he started contemplating high growth and how to build a machine that can recruit 10 people a week instead of one person a month. What was supposed to be a blog post became a massively successful book. Elad is also involved as an operating executive, investor or advisor to private companies such as AirBnB, Coinbase, Gusto, Instacart, Optimizely, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, Wish, and Zenefits. In this podcast, we talk about the role of the startup CEO. Until very recently, the Founder was CEO only until they could get the company off the ground. After that, professional management took over. Mark Zuckerberg changed that, establishing a tradition where the Founder and CEO became the mainstay with a very strong executive team backing them. Elad tells us about the importance of the Founder-CEO, and the vision and entrepreneurial spirit they bring to the table. He also goes into greater detail about the evolving role of the CEO. While hard work is important for success, avoiding burn-out is even more critical. It is important for founders to take a break and make some time for themselves. Founders should focus on building relationships outside of work, because this will be their support system when they go through really hard times at work. The typical image of a Silicon Valley founder is that of an individual who works very hard. What we don't hear about is the vacations and breaks they take that allows them to push that hard. As startups scale, it is important for the CEO to play multiple roles, but it is even more critical for them to realise their weaknesses and hire for those positions. They also need to be willing and open to learn from the next level. The "growth mindset" is extremely important for founders to lead the company and make it a truly generational one. Learning from your peers, and being able to trust them with their work and letting go is key to taking the company to the next level each and every time.

Serial entrepreneur and Color founder Elad Gil joins Founder Real Talk to share insights and his experiences in starting and building high growth start-ups. We talk about how a founder’s role changes over time, how to build a team that scales, and what conditions need to be in place for “high growth” to happen. His recent book “High Growth Handbook” is a must-read for any startup founder starting to scale up or hoping to get to that point one day. The book is also highly relevant for executives at high growth startups. Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Checkr, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, Wish, and others. He co-founded and is the Chairman of Color Genomics, and was its CEO until December 2016. Before that, he was the VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, where he also ran various product (Geo, Search) and other operational teams (M&A and corporate development). Elad joined Twitter via the acquisition of Mixer Labs, a company where he was co-founder and CEO. Mixer Labs ran GeoAPI, one of the early developer-centric platform infrastructure products. Elad spent many years at Google, where he started the mobile team and was involved in all aspects of getting that team up and running. He was involved with three acquisitions (including the Android team) and was the original Product Manager for Google Mobile Maps and other key mobile products. Elad received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has degrees in Mathematics and Biology from the University of California, San Diego. Highlights from the episode: 3:18 What is your definition of “high growth” and what does it look like when a company is in that stage? 5:32 What conditions must be met before a company reaches “high growth?” 7:06 What is the role of a founder/CEO in a high growth situation? How do CEO priorities change as the company scales? 9:03 How should a founder/CEO of a high growth company define “winning?” 10:36 What types of skills does a leader need to develop as the company scales? 12:14 Any tips for time management? 14:20 Is it important to have a chief of staff? What should someone look for in that role? 17:31 Do you think CEO coaches are helpful? Do you think mentors are helpful? 18:28 How do you know when to add a specific executive? Which executives should be priority hires? 19:19 What is the best way to ensure you’re hiring the right person? 22:45 How do you think about the tradeoff between functional expertise and culture fit in hiring for an executive position? 25:03 What is the role of an independent board member? What traits should you be looking for in this role? 27:23 How should a founder think about the process of looking for a CEO? 29:44 When thinking about financings, do you recommend founders accept capital before they reach defined milestones? What are the pros and cons? 32:11 What’s a favorite book or blog you recommend for founders? 32:44 Name a growth stage company you admire and why? 33:42 What piece of advice were you given as an entrepreneur that served you well?

Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. He cofounded Color Genomics and Mixer Labs. Worked at Google and Twitter. And has invested in companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe.He just released the High Growth Handbook, which is a guide to scaling startups published by Stripe Press.It contains tactical advice on key issues for post product-market fit companies such as the role of the CEO, hiring executives, late stage fundraising, M&A, and other topics. It also includes interviews with people in tech, including Sam Altman, President of YC Group.You can find the High Growth Handbook on Amazon.The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.We're accepting applications from startups for the Winter 2019 funding cycle. Apply here.***Topics01:04 - Why should an entrepreneur read the High Growth Handbook?5:35 - On Marc Andreessen's comment, "The companies that charge more tend to grow faster."6:50 - Myths about startups7:50 - Leon Coe asks - What types of businesses do you avoid investing in?9:20 - Things to just say 'no' to12:40 - Companies that may be too early14:52 - On Naval Ravikant's comment, "The most successful class of people in silicon valley on a consistent basis are either the venture capitalists, or people who are very good at identifying companies that have just hit product/market fit. They have the background, expertise, and references that those companies really want to help them scale."17:41 - On Claire Hughes Johnson's "Guide to Working with Claire"19:40 - Masud Hossain asks - How did most of the companies you interviewed get their first 10 customers?20:55 - Masud Hossain asks - Is content really king?22:50 - Narayan Mallapur asks - Where do founders make the most mistakes? Is it on hiring? What steps should they take to avoid these pitfalls24:55 - Brianne Kimmel asks - What are some lessons learned in highly regulated sectors? When should you hire a General Counsel? How do you prioritize public policy and lobbying efforts?29:05 - Media cycles30:55 - Marius Chawa asks - What are the top three things a startup "must" achieve before VC firms would line up to fund them?34:45 - Taylor Caforio asks - My company is at our early MVP stage. What is he best way to find a balance between giving our earliest customers the 6 star treatment while also having swift and exponential growth in the back of our minds.36:54 - Tanmay Khandelwal asks - When you are sprinting in growth stage, how do you predict engineers required and hire accordingly?38:41 - TD Bryant II asks - When your organization is experiencing exponential growth, how do you choose which functions to outsource vs build/hire?41:50 - Andrew Pikul asks - Who is your favorite Dragon Ball (Z/GT/Super) villain?

with Elad Gil (@eladgil) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There's a lot of knowledge out there -- and networks of talent (especially in Silicon Valley) -- on what to do in the early stages of a company, going from 0 to 1, and even in going from 1 to 100... but what about beyond that? It's not as simply linear as merely doubling or tripling resources and org structures; it's actually much more complex on many levels, communication to coordination. Because with great scale comes great complexity... and many, many more places for things to break down. So how should founders/CEOs of growing tech startups think about everything from hiring (including key executives) to product management (what is it, really, beyond common myths/misconceptions around the role?) to thinking about late-stage financing, M&A, and other key aspects of building a company? This episode of the a16z Podcast shares both specific answers to -- and general mindsets for thinking about -- these questions. Chris Dixon, general partner on a16z crypto, interviews Elad Gil, investor/advisor to numerous tech companies; co-founder of Color Genomics; formerly of Google and also co-founder and CEO of Mixer Labs (acquired by Twitter, where he also became a VP). He's the author of the new book, The High Growth Handbook, on scaling companies from 10 to 10,000 people. But the two also explore the growth -- and evolution -- of market and tech trends, including the continuation of mobile/cloud; machine learning (and silicon); crypto; and finally, longevity -- both in the near term and further out in the future. Should people -- and even companies for that matter -- really live longer?

For detailed show notes and links go to MarkWKing.com/6 In this episode, I distill some positive and negative lessons about why a startup might need multiple attorneys. The short answer…lawyers are like doctors, they specialize. One size does not fit all situations. Equally important, entrepreneurs need to be careful about who an attorney has a duty of loyalty to. A lawyer that represents a company's best interest does not by default represent the founder. Also in this episode, I reintroduce the Venture Capital Coroner's Report. Previously, I did an entire podcast focused on lessons from failed, VC backed companies. The show failed (I know, ironic, right?). I just couldn't get enough interviews. However, there's more than enough material for an occasional segment of this show. The autopsy of VATLER provides an important lesson about disrupting entrenched players (and a resurrection story in the founding of SpotAngels). Lawyers or Insurance Salesmen? Naval Ravikant - Angel List In a very short post Naval lays out six important lessons he learned about hiring lawyers. He learned these the hard, expensive way. A Startup Lawyer is Not a Founder's Lawyer Jose Ancer -  Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson Often lawyers are like that coach in the corner of a boxing ring. They're an experienced, voice of reason in a life or death struggle. Jose Ancer points out, however, that you need to be sure the lawyer in your corner owes his highest allegiance to you. It's not always obvious. Jose does a great job explaining how attorney loyalty works. Inside Story of VATLER's Shut Down Hamza Ouazzani Chahdi - Now at SpotAngels.com Founders ran head first into a wall called entrenched city government. Follow @HamzaOuazzaniC to track the story of SpotAngels, Hamza's new attempt to disrupt urban parking by helping you avoid parking tickets. Bonus Material – More About Naval Ravikant Naval says this about himself: "I am the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. I previously co-founded Epinions (which went public as part of Shopping.com) and Vast.com. I'm an active Angel investor, and have invested in dozens of companies, including Twitter, Uber, Docverse and Jambool (both sold to Google), and Mixer Labs and Fluther (both sold to Twitter)." Background article from PE Hub on why Naval feels so strongly about lawyers: His Brand Burnished, Naval Ravikant Plans New Fund with Babak Nivi Blog StartUp Boy Web Site Angel.co Twitter @Naval LinkedIn Naval Ravikant (little dated)  I'd love to connect at any of the following: Twitter: @TheMarkWKing LinkedIn: Mark W King Facebook: The Mark W King Old School Email: MarkWKing.com/social

Gastheer Maarten Hendrikx, @maartenhendrikx op Twitter. Panel Stefaan Lesage, @stefaanlesage op Twitter, of via de Devia website. Marco Frissen, @marcofrissen op Twitter, of via zijn website. Jojanneke van den Bosch, @Jojanneke op Twitter of via haar website. Cindy De Smet kan je bereiken via haar website. Onderwerpen De Zweedse telecomprovider Telesoneria lanceert als eerste ter wereld een 4G netwerk. (TeliaSonera) Zijn de datalimieten die Telenet en Belgacom oplegt now wel van deze tijd ? (Van Quickenborne stelt datalimieten in vraag - news - ZDNet) URL-verkorters, ze verschijnen tegenwoordig sneller dan puisten op een tienersmoel. Tijd voor een update! (Google, Facebook Launch Their Own URL Shorteners, URL Shortener Bit.ly Launches Pro Service To Deflect Google Attack) Koningin Beatrix kritisch over de Technologische vooruitgang en de individualisering. (Koningin nooit eerder zo somber met Kerst, Beatrix, een kwetsende vorstin) Google maakt reclame voor Chrome via de dagbladen in Nederland. Twitter heeft Mixer Labs gekocht. (Twitter buys Mixer Labs to map tweeting locations) 2009 loopt op zijn laatste benen en zelfs het decennium is straks officieel voorbij. Misschien eens horen wat voor ons panel de belangrijkste tech- en webgebeurtenissen van het voorbije jaar waren? Of de beste webapps? Of gadgets? Of misschien zelfs voorspelling voor het komende jaar? Toch nog even wat Apple geruchten : De Apple Tablet (The Exhaustive Guide to Apple Tablet Rumors) Tip van de Week Marco had een leuke iPhone app als tip van de week, namelijk iVidCam. Het is een applicatie waarmee je snel even wat korte filmpjes kan maken op je iPhone, en deze ook via de applicatie op YouTube kan posten en zelfs via WiFi naar je computer kan sturen. Jojanneke deelde even haar ervaringen met twitterende schaatsers tijdens de selectie voor de Olympische Spelen. Blijkbaar is Twitter ook bie die mensen echt hip aan het worden. Cindy heeft een fiets GPS van Garmin kunnen bemachtigen, de eTrex Vista HCx en hekelde even een aantal problemen met het toestel op een Mac. Qua software is Garmin druk bezig met Mac clients, maar het is ondertussen nog een ongeloofelijk gedoe om ook uw kaarten op de Mac te krijgen. Ook Stefaan deelde deze laatste mening. Stefaan had het even over de beta van Twiducate, een soort afgeschermde Twitter / Google Wave kloon die door leerkrachten werd gemaakt voor leerkrachten. Het doel is om op die manier toch de sociale media in het klaslokaal te krijgen, zonder alle spam en andere zaken van Twitter en Google Wave over te nemen. Maarten was op zoek naar handschoenen waamee hij toch nog zijn iPhone kon gebruiken. Hij vond dan ook de DotsGloves. Jammergenoeg blijken ze ondertussen ook alweer uitverkocht. Zijn tweede tip was themeleon, een site waarmee je Twitterprofiel heel smaakvol kan opmaken met een verzorgde achtergrond en bijpassende kleuren. Als laatste had hij het nog even over Gunman voor de iPhone. Feedback Het Tech45 team apprecieert alle feedback die ingestuurd wordt enorm. Heb je dus opmerkingen, reacties of suggesties, dan zijn deze altijd welkom op reactie@tech45.eu Deze aflevering van de podcast kan u downloaden via deze link, rechtstreeks beluisteren via de onderstaande player, of gewoon gratis aboneren via iTunes.