Three brand new CEOs who know all the tricks sit down for a wide ranging conversation about success in Silicon Valley.
I had a lot of fun during this interview but certainly wouldn't claim to know all the tricks to being a CEO (ha!). That topic has already been covered exceptionally well here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2396120
If anything I think the gist of our conversation was about learning from past mistakes and refusing to quit no matter what -- and as a result, learning to make better decisions over time. That and the notion that a good team will always trump a good idea.
I'll echo "refusing to quit" being a key driver of success. I also won't claim to know all the tricks, but it seems like pg's standing assertion that founders' determination is the highest correlating factor to success is true, at least in my experience.
I had a lot of fun during this interview but certainly wouldn't claim to know all the tricks to being a CEO (ha!). That topic has already been covered exceptionally well here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2396120
If anything I think the gist of our conversation was about learning from past mistakes and refusing to quit no matter what -- and as a result, learning to make better decisions over time. That and the notion that a good team will always trump a good idea.