The first question was, is this problem affect lots of people? And do we think there's a solution that the world hasn't built? Once you decide to jump in, I think it's kind of like engagement or marriage, you're going for it. You need to apply that same sort of ruthlessness to ideas and unattached, unemotional ruthlessness.
Today we chat with Jonathan Swanson, cofounder of Thumbtack, Athena, and Powerset. We cover a ton of ground - starting with the Sunday idea club that led to Thumbtack, how to scale a marketplace, and how to choose ideas you'd happily spent a decade on. Next, we jump into the science of delegation - the idea at the core of Athena. Jonathan talks through how to delegate to an EA, when to start with one, a system of delegation that creates asymmetric upside and what type of founders should consider it.