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Four years ago Gilt Groupe was the hottest startup in New York — Here’s what happened
Jillian D'Onfrobusinessinsider.comDon’t be a product visionary—or, worse, a product dictator. Your company shouldn’t be a cult of personality, building exclusively what you want on the timelines you decide. WeWork is one example of how that path leads to certain doom. Among the numerous excesses, questionable decision making, and lavish capital infusions based on little evidence th... See more
Sahil Lavingia • The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
Peter Thiel doesn’t need much of an intro. He has been at both sides of the fundraising table, sometimes concurrently. He first invested in a precursor to what would become PayPal and soon after joined it in the early days as a co-founder and CEO. Later he founded and invested in Palantir, which specializes in big-data analytics. In August 2004, Th
... See moreAli Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
New @ThePeelPod episode
The Story of Haystack with @Semil
Semil is the Founder of Haystack, a venture capital firm backing outlier founders at the earliest stages. Semil started Haystack in 2013, and has since invested in 16 unicorns like DoorDash, Instacart, Figma, HashiCorp,… Show more
I don't spend that much money because once you get used to spending money, it's very hard to get unused to. Happiness is reality compared to expectations. If I have low expectations for material things in my life, then I'll be happy. If I get used to fancy meals all the time, not only will it ruin McDonald's for me, but even the fancy food would be
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
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