You Can't Trust People, but Verify They Are Doing Great Work

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When we did the first couple of a remote accelerator classes, people didn't have their head sets on. People have to understand that's not life or death what we're doing at our jobs. Trust your people are doing a great job, but verify theyir doing a great job and doing great work. And also a, you know, you you can't be like hardcor all the time. You got to have a sense of humor....

0:01 Jason intros today's #AskJason and talks about the This Week in Startups Slack!
4:04 Ethan asks where and how Jason gets his news for general industry knowledge
6:43 Sean asks Jason how to acquire talent during a crisis
9:54 Vik asks Jason about building strong corporate culture while working remotely
15:44 David asks about SF mayor London Breed capping fees for delivery companies
19:32 Craig asks for Jason's perspective on investing in fully distributed startups
23:52 Mayur asks which audience do you sell to first when starting a marketplace
28:23 Stuart asks about how to price when launching - Free trials or charge right away?
33:05 Rob asks what investors think when they hear a CEO has 1 or 2 other side hustles
33:18 David asks about the importance of market timing - Will a great business always succeed, and how much of it is due to timing?
39:40 Onyx asks for Jason's take on the future of growing & scaling emerging natural food (or food tech) brands in this environment
41:21 Paulo asks how CEOs should act to motivate a remote team
48:08 Allen asks about syndicates that don’t contribute any money into a deal