“If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that they believe that person can help them. So if you see that consistently, those are your barrels. Just promote them, give them more opportunity as fast as you can.” PeopleIfsGivingBelievePersonsHelpingOpportunityIndividualReportsEmployeeConsistentlyDesksBarrels Author:Keith Rabois
“I don't believe ever in shared office spaces. Peter talks a little bit about this, every good startup is a cult. It's very hard to create a cult if you're sharing space with people.” PeopleIfsBelieveLittlesHardBitsSpaceOfficeLittle BitDon't BelieveVery GoodPeterCultOffice Space Author:Keith Rabois
“If the Martians took over eBay it would take 6 months for the world to notice.” IfsWorldMonthsMartiansEbay Author:Keith Rabois
“When you start a company everything is going to feel like a mess. And it really should. If you have too much process, too much predictability, you are probably not innovating fast enough and creatively enough.” IfsFeelsShouldEnoughProcessCompanyToo MuchMessPredictability Author:Keith Rabois
“It's actually a good thing if you do reference checks on somebody and half the people you call say they are a micromanager and the other half say they actually give me a lot of responsibility. That's a feature not a bug.” PeopleIfsGivingHalfResponsibilityGive MeGood ThingsChecksFeaturesBugsOther Half Author:Keith Rabois
“Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult means you think you are better than every other startup, you have a special way of doing things that's better than anyone else in the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayMeanHardSpaceSpecialVery GoodCult Author:Keith Rabois
“Being a venture capitalist to me is like being more of a psychologist. So if you come to my office we have two chairs with a table in the middle. And we sit down and it's like, Tell me your problems.” IfsTwoProblemMiddleOfficeDown AndTablesChairsCapitalistVenturePsychologistVenture Capitalists Author:Keith Rabois
“The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to make decisions across that culture without you ever saying anything. You never have to really do anything except watch and promote and move people around.” PeopleIfsMovingCultureDecisionWatchesKeysFrameworkWithout YouMaking Decisions Author:Keith Rabois
