How to be a successful startup founder | Rob Reid and Lex Fridman

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[@mattclayton2889]

I’m a 1/3 cofounder of a tech start up. The other 2 had a huge fall out. I had to step in a keep the company alive as we went through months and months of a messy, ugly and expensive settlement process. Made it out the other side, one guy gone, other guy out of the day to day, team and product going strong. It was a horrible, thankless process. Keep majority control of your company if your a founder as long as humanly possible.

[@vladusa]

Ok 🤨

[@anthonyc5039]

Building my Aerospace Startup right now. Can’t wait to talk to Lex in person about helping humanity become a Type 1 Civilization.

[@steratorefriends6596]

I have a song called, From Zero to One. You're probably one of the few I don't have to explain the meaning

[@jacobcyr-carter6717]

What's type one civilization?

[@steratorefriends6596]

@@jacobcyr-carter6717 there's a basic scale we use when looking for any sign of intelligent life on other planets, type 1 being the most basic.. we are a zero on our own scale. Hopefully now in a transition from zero to one

[@ericholmes8007]

What's the startup??

[@nathanielgonzalez2325]

@@steratorefriends6596 technically we are like a .7 or something

[@tomkarren2473]

5 time founder here. Rob really nailed this.

[@Kiseu_Daniel]

Unique selling proposition combined with those founder characteristics. Thats a winning equation

[@foremarke]

Please get Alan Kay and Patrick Collison on please Lex! Keep up the great work🤩

[@kevinpereira7864]

Damn this was great

[@ibrahimnazir3227]

Lex keeps dropping gems

[@user-ff9zp2ub1h]

Okay

[@user-ff9zp2ub1h]

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[@krazo4Christ]

Some days I don't become the founder of a startup. Those are bad days.

[@vieve111903]

Yes alone together

[@xpandyourself]

The DNA of the company… What a wild concept 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Booogieman]

lol

[@phillipmcgee2680]

💯

[@steratorefriends6596]

Well shit, that rules out everyone.. what if you just have a really good idea?

[@gon3000]

everyone has an idea, it's executing that idea

[@steratorefriends6596]

@@gon3000 maybe to some degree, but very few people think deeply enough to have really great, interesting and gamechanging ideas

[@jackerylel]

Get yourself a steve Wozniak to build it for you

[@gon3000]

@@jackerylel Well that is the execution part

[@gon3000]

@@steratorefriends6596 Most people have game-changing ideas but don't have the skills or the will power to execute it. I remember one of Kanye's idea was to cure cancer. Everyone has that idea, but I doubt he's gonna be the one to execute it.

[@pewmonger]

Charles Hoskinson’s ears are burning.

[@mover1002]

haha.. Why exactly

[@KortovElphame]

*have a great idea* End of story No.... it don't matter how hard you work. Great idea ....period!

[@SportsIncorporated]

So a uranium miner pivoting into cannabis, or a pole dancing company pivoting into oil and gas drilling.