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“Build a company that idiots could run because eventually they will.”

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Keith Rabois is an experienced executive in the technology industry, having held several leadership roles since the 1990s. He was a key figure at PayPal and has played significant roles in other Silicon Valley startups. more

“The more you simplify, the better people will perform. People can not understand and keep track of a long complicated set of initiatives. So you have to distill it down to one, two, or three things and use a framework they can repeat, they can repeat without thinking about, they can repeat to their friends, they can repeat at night.”

People Thinking Long Two Use Night Three Track Complicated Repeats Initiative Can Not Framework Three Things Simplify

Author:Keith Rabois

“Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I know other people simplify but that's not for me, this is a complicated business. They're wrong. You can change the world in 140 characters.”

People Knows World Wells Character Challenges Accepting Yeah Excuse Complicated Complexity Changing The World Simplify 140 Character

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“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.”

Way Important Reason Character Force Stuff Simple Company Products Concepts Red Marketing Reason Why No Reason Initiative Simplify Eliminating

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“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.”

People Ifs Giving Half Responsibility Give Me Good Things Checks Features Bugs Other Half

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“Transparency people talk a lot about, it's a goal everybody ascribes to but when push comes to shove, very few people actually adhere to it.”

People Goal Transparency

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“The office environment that people work in everyday dictates the culture that you are going to be in.”

People Culture Environment Office Everyday

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“I think you must have your own office. I don't believe ever in shared office spaces.”

Thinking Believe Space Office Don't Believe Office Space

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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking World Way Mean Hard Space Special Very Good Cult

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