Sublime

Levchin: Try to have a good cofounder. I think it's all about people, and, if you are doing it completely alone, it's really hard. It's not impossible, in particular if you are a loner and introverted type, but it's still really hard.

I have connected with so many decision-makers, so many higher-ups at global companies, that I have built enough “relationship equity” to protect my career for decades. Here’s

“What got me heard,” Dubinsky explains, “was output and impact. People saw me as somebody who could make things happen. If you become known as someone who delivers, you do your job and do it well, you build respect.” She had earned status before exercising power, so she had idiosyncrasy credits to cash in.

A start-up may begin with one person’s idea, but it can expand past the idea phase only with the help of other people.