Advice from investor who backed 40 Unicorns l Elad Gil
Meet Elad Gil, a investor or advisor to prominent companies such as Airbnb, Airtable, Coinbase, Deel, Figma, Gusto, Notion, Pinterest, Stripe, and more. Watch the video to gain insights from his two decades of invaluable experience in Silicon Valley.
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00:00 Intro
01:19 Key Lessons from 20 Years in Silicon Valley
11:49 Be Missionary and Mercenary
15:24 advice on scaling companies
21:56 How founders should use their boards to grow their company
26:23 Why Silicon Valley is the best place to build tech
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Not sure how this channel keeps bagging these guests but impressive
Real talk. No fluff, no agenda. Very rare. He’s gone beyond the need to sell anything. He can say what he knows. Thanks Elad.
Gratitude to Mr Elad and team EO.🙏
00:01 Elad Gil has extensive experience as an operator and investor in Silicon Valley. 01:57 The chaotic growth of Google led to rapid organizational changes. 05:18 Challenges in starting a company in the past 06:55 Early mistakes in product design and team diversity 10:23 Acquisition by Twitter was appealing for multiple reasons 12:00 Career evolution from mercenary to artist 15:22 The role of the CEO changes rapidly from small startup to multi-thousand person organization. 16:52 Key misconceptions about starting a company 19:43 Importance of defining roles in startup teams 21:09 Importance of clear vision and roles for startup success 24:12 Board control and founder removal 25:45 Careful selection of investor and board members is crucial for company success. 28:34 Technology is crucial for human progress.
which app to build this? thanks.
this is the problem with vcs.. they give a very narrow advice on entrepreneurship based on their limited sample size. most successful businesses are started by people over 40. those are the actual stats.. and he goes around saying they start young. absolutely false, but this is the type of "luck mistaken for knowledge" which goes around in silicon valley.
EO is always bringing crazy great people onto the channel
Never knew about Elad before, but gained lot of knowledge with this interview, thank you EO
EO my morning inspiration.
This is so impressive. Valuable video, thank you EO
EO Growing fast!
Half the companies I've worked for Elad was involved with lol, this guy is everywhere!
Thank you so much for this video(and all the other videos). I was in a tug war in my mind for whether I really need a co-founder or not. The story I've telling myself until now that if I don't have a co-founder than I'm somewhat reducing the possibility of failing by 50% (as PG says 50% of startups failed due to co-founder conflicts) but getting this advice from a man who built and invested in such a variety of high growth and super impactful companies is surely one of the best advice.
15:05 sometimes people just get lucky. Jason Calacanis came to mind 😅
lmao
This is the greatest channel I’ve ever came across
I think the same, we should build a company together i guess
Massive value content yet again. Thanks, EO!
Amazing guest and what clarity of thought!
Bros is walking YC in terms of investments. I think he attends the demo day a lot.
hell of a resume
Thank you!
Really applicable advice from this video. Thanks for sharing.
Investing in 40 $1B+ companies, 30 of them at the Seed or Series A stage, is impressive.
Great video
came to watch this after losing $100 to a solana meme rug
11:54 Incredible segment!
26:45 moores law is just a feedback loop formed by the market growing the better the product becomes and yhe product improving the more people buy it.
Starting a company ain’t no joke. If you are young, do it.
Bro loves maximising shareholder value
Eo where did u come from??? Out here giving out gold for free
Life long doing
Still he would get rejected for a junior dev job I found few days ago 😂
so basically he was an early employee at Google and made a lot of money there? and then had enough prominent connections/friends in VC who let him invest along with them in the likes of airbnb, coinbase etc.?
is it me, or does he kinda look like Mike Shinoda from the side 🤔 ??
yes there are similarities
Adding lots of people shouldn't be seen as a success metric in and of itself.
Awesome interview But the color grade is off, the skin tones look like he has jaundice!
Damn, why did he have to go an muck it up by praising wework. I’ll chalk to hedging the future.
Top tip for your success: *Have an IQ of 160*
Great video