Advice from investor who backed 40 Unicorns l Elad Gil

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[@rokulive]

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.

[@JH-bb8in]

Not sure how this channel keeps bagging these guests but impressive

[@k7gamerz414]

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.

[@GenzhPuff]

which app to build this? thanks.

[@deepakgusain9561]

Gratitude to Mr Elad and team EO.🙏

[@bschmidt1]

Half the companies I've worked for Elad was involved with lol, this guy is everywhere!

[@BransTiong]

EO is always bringing crazy great people onto the channel

[@utuberay007]

Never knew about Elad before, but gained lot of knowledge with this interview, thank you EO

[@loicjourney]

EO my morning inspiration.

[@AlexRuiz-wb7yj]

This is the greatest channel I’ve ever came across

[@krithiksai9821]

I think the same, we should build a company together i guess

[@bedit2064]

This is so impressive. Valuable video, thank you EO

[@rlywhocares]

this guy speaks so quick the density of value output is overwelming. I often watch / listen YT vids @ 1.25-1.5 speed. here I had to switch to 0.75 :D

[@pcodes]

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.

[@deoarlo]

EO Growing fast!

[@pcodes]

Bros is walking YC in terms of investments. I think he attends the demo day a lot.

[@nat.serrano]

15:05 sometimes people just get lucky. Jason Calacanis came to mind 😅

[@sahilypatel]

lmao

[@cjthedeveloper]

hell of a resume

[@aniriddhaw.6289]

Amazing guest and what clarity of thought!

[@barbarosozturk]

Massive value content yet again. Thanks, EO!

[@olivierporte]

Investing in 40 $1B+ companies, 30 of them at the Seed or Series A stage, is impressive.

[@iOSAcademy]

Great video

[@productfeedback]

Really applicable advice from this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@nonefvnfvnjnjnjevjenjvonej3384]

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.

[@rezerect7004]

Wrong, he’s talking about unicorns specifically. Yes luck applies to all unicorns but they played their cards right which displays their ability to adapt. But yes, most “successful businesses” are started by old people.

[@davidaseweje]

came to watch this after losing $100 to a solana meme rug

[@chesstictacs3107]

Starting a company ain’t no joke. If you are young, do it.

[@joannsmith3589]

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.?

[@rvdende]

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.

[@barbarosozturk]

11:54 Incredible segment!

[@sputnik8543]

Bro loves maximising shareholder value

[@amonifinau4048]

Thank you!

[@yp5387]

Still he would get rejected for a junior dev job I found few days ago 😂

[@the_real_cookiez]

Ok but how is he able to find these unicorns to have the opportunity to invest in them

[@thehari75]

Eo where did u come from??? Out here giving out gold for free

[@abdellahcodes]

Awesome interview But the color grade is off, the skin tones look like he has jaundice!

[@AmorosoGombe]

Adding lots of people shouldn't be seen as a success metric in and of itself.

[@LennyMoses]

Life long doing

[@theubiquitousanomaly5112]

is it me, or does he kinda look like Mike Shinoda from the side 🤔 ??

[@neophantom.]

yes there are similarities

[@Wubwub772]

Wasn't this guy an alien in men in black

[@pedrotski]

Less investor suck fest, and more showing the failures. Yes, he's backed "40 unicorns" but it means jack if that's 1% of what he actually invested in, its simply dumb luck with money. Please highlight the other side of the process too.

[@mishmohd]

Damn, why did he have to go an muck it up by praising wework. I’ll chalk to hedging the future.

[@messyties]

Top tip for your success: *Have an IQ of 160*

[@LauraEgocheaga]

Great video