S2 E2: What Keith Rabois Looks For In Founders

When you think of big brand investing, you think of Keith Rabois. He gives Nik and Moiz the inside scoop on his investing thesis. Keith Rabois is General Partner at Founders Fund and CEO at OpenStore, providing liquidity to Shopify merchants and integrating them into a decentralized department store. He gets into why he looks for quality and caliber when it comes to investing in founders, why extraordinary people lead to breakthroughs, and why the CEO is ultimately responsible for everything. Growing your business is hard, but Triple Whale is all about scaling your shopify store to the moon and doing it profitably. Use promo code supply15 to get 15% off when you sign up for Triple Whale at www.triplewhale.com Check out the Nik’s DTC newsletter: https://bit.ly/3mOUJMJ Follow Keith:  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/keith Follow Nik: Twitter: twitter.com/mrsharma Follow Moiz: Twitter: twitter.com/moizali Timestamps: 00:00 intro 05:52 Just Enough Risk 06:41 Keith Raboi’s Investment Thesis 11:50 10 X Breakthroughs Start With Great People 17:56 The CEO Role Broken Down 22:20 Those Middle Of The Night Epiphanies 30:41 Longtail Influencers 33:54 Lessons Learned 42:27 Always Looking For 10X Growth 51:08 The Quick Fire Round