The Worst Advice You Can Give Someone Is Just Keep Going No Matter What

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Silicon Valley lore is that you should grind eternally and then eventually something will work. Most of the companies not all but the vast majority of companies have been involved with it worked early, he says. When times are good the worst advice you can give somebody is keep going no matter what because there's enormous opportunity costs on your time,. most things don't work when times are tough some of the best advice you can tell somebody is just keep going no Matter What.

In the 49th episode of the Logan Bartlett Show, Solo Capitalist and angel investor Elad Gil joins to discuss working at Twitter vs Google, the myths of Silicon Valley, the best cities for start-ups in 2023, and the worst advice given to founders.

(00:00) Intro

(01:59) Welcome Elad Gil

(11:24) Working at Twitter vs Google

(12:48) Find your network

(14:55) Why do certain people have so much longevity?

(16:36) Angel Investing areas

(21:34) Finding Stripe in the early days

(25:19) What makes a good product market?

(28:18) Myths of Silicon Valley

(32:42) Decision-making process today vs back then

(35:22) Defining post-market fit

(40:05) Silicon valley lore of grinding is wrong

(46:19) Moving the needle

(49:01) Other silicon valley myths that aren't true

(56:06) Best cities to create a start-up in 2023

(1:02:02) Excitement for AI and other interesting new tech

(1:13:10) What's going on with Twitter?

(1:18:25) Two Modalities for long term success

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.