41 The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2018-10-08
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“the point I'm trying to make is just focus on the people that like your product, and then find more people that…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“He did it with an incredibly simple mechanism.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“In this way, he avoids accidentally giving new employees higher titles and positions than better-performing existing employees.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“But she said the book that helped her the most was The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz because she…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“In the first nine months, we were able to raise at a seven hundred million dollar valuation, and just a few short…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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