#63: 'Nasty' Founder Mode

from More or Less · host Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin

The right—and wrong—lessons about tech's favorite new topic. Plus, a new type of parental warning. Show Notes: 00:00 - Introduction and Labor Day Tennis 02:00 - Pickleball 03:00 - Founder Mode 05:00 - Organizational Structures 12:00 - Founder Mode from a VC Perspective 15:00 - Galaxy Brain vs. 100 Nodes 18:00 - Uber vs. AirBNB 22:00 - Optimizers vs. Builders 25:00 - The Parent Analogy 26:00 - Different Types of Founders 30:00 - VC-backed Company Incentives 33:00 - Long-Term Trajectory of Founders 37:00 - Running a Business for Wall Street vs. Founder Mode 39:00 - The Challenges of AirBNB 43:00 - A Nasty Idea 46:00 - Data Centers: A "Dick Measuring Contest" 49:00 - The Surgeon General's Warning on Parenting 52:30 - A Pool House Guest

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