Daniel Gross and Brett Berson on Breaking Down Common Startup Tropes
b'Daniel Gross (@danielgross) of Pioneer and Brett Berson (@brettberson) of First Round join Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The different types of founders and the different companies they eventually end up building.
- Creating positive feedback loops for aspiring entrepreneurs.
- The psychology of founders, and why at the end of the day they are status and hierarchy maximizers, and why it\\u2019s important to find the right hierarchy to maximize within.
- The advice that you can\\u2019t truly appreciate until you experience it firsthand.
- The three most harmful structures that keep people from starting companies.
- The best interview questions.
- Why peculiar ways of running a company are celebrated early on, and whether companies succeed because of or in spite of those peculiarities in management.
- Structural changes that could increase the number of founders.
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