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Ep. 829: Steve Blank Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Role of a Founder in Startups

The goal of a startup is not to become a startup. The skill set you need in having the idea and creating the vision, that's a different set of skills than running 12,000 people. By the way, that person who can run a 12,000 person company, I will guarantee you couldn't find the bathroom in a startup. If the CEO doesn't have a passion for products, the odds are that's not where innovation is coming from. It was never the case that you would have a startup raising $100 million in the series A. That's never happened in the history of commerce. Never.

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