I am passionate about working with founders because..
I always learn about something new, and because it expands my horizons to new challenges, technologies, industries and approaches. I love talking to founders because I have deep respect for people who build things, and as a founder myself, I can empathise with their journey.
The types of founders who impress me most are..
the ones who try to be deeply integrated in all parts of the company and want to learn and really understand how all parts of the puzzle of running a company work.
If I had to choose an alternative career, I would probably be..
a history teacher.
My favorite piece of startup advice..
comes from the old archives of Marc Andreessen’s blog: "When a great team meets a lousy market, the market wins. When a lousy team meets a great market, the market wins. When a great team meets a great market, something special happens."
The most unexpected thing about working with fast-growing tech companies is..
That problems and challenges never go away. The more successful you are, the bigger the problems and challenges will be. You have to learn to be a problem-solving machine, as Ray Dalio puts it.