“You are not going to do most of the work. You shouldn't be doing most of the work... and the way you get out of doing most of the work, is you delegate.” WayDelegates Author:Keith Rabois
“Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.” PeopleWayGivingMayIdeasDifficultCompanyWeekDefinitionsDinnerConceptionEquityBarrelsCuzIrreplaceableShipping Author:Keith Rabois
“The way you scale that is you create notes for every meeting and send it to the entire company.” WayCompanyMeetingsNotesScales Author:Keith Rabois
“You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50 characters. There is no reason why you can't build your company the same way. So force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Basically take out that red and start eliminating stuff.” WayImportantReasonCharacterForceStuffSimpleCompanyProductsConceptsRedMarketingReason WhyNo ReasonInitiativeSimplifyEliminating 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
