EP 49: Elad Gil (Angel Investor) - Solo Capitalist and Early Airbnb Investor Shares Secrets of Silicon Valley & the Worst Advice That Founders Get

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Introduction

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How Did You Get Your Start in Silicon Valley?

02:03 • 2min

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Do You Have to Do a Layoff?

03:56 • 2min

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What Attracted You to Silicon Valley?

05:27 • 3min

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The Tiger by the Tail or Lightning in a Bottle

08:29 • 2min

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What Do You Need Me to Do?

10:08 • 4min

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What's the Common Characteristic of Generational Cohorts in Silicon Valley?

14:35 • 2min

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How Did You Get Into Angel Investing?

16:38 • 2min

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Sequoia Ventures - Was It a Hot Thing at the Time?

18:25 • 3min

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What About Pinterest or Stripe?

21:33 • 2min

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What Makes a Good Product Market?

24:01 • 3min

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What Are the Characteristics of the Best Founders?

26:52 • 2min

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Is There a Competitive Drive in Founders?

28:38 • 4min

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The Decision Making Process for Early Stage Investors

32:43 • 2min

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Is There a Mentor-Mentee Relationship?

34:50 • 2min

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Product Market Fit and Growth Investing

36:57 • 3min

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

39:40 • 3min

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Working With Founders and Angel Investors

42:12 • 3min

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Startup Success

45:19 • 3min

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Are There Other Myths About Silicon Valley?

48:26 • 2min

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Is Scale Really Important?

50:08 • 4min

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Do You Think This Is Going to Be a Good Thing?

54:09 • 2min

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Are You Optimistic About Silicon Valley?

55:43 • 3min

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The State of the Venture Ecosystem

59:00 • 2min

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I Think the Biggest Trend for the Next Few Years Is Generative AI

01:01:03 • 2min

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Chat GPT

01:03:00 • 2min

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I Think the Foundation Model Is Radically Important for SAS and AI Based Approaches in the Enterprise RSS Process

01:04:44 • 5min

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YNA Statement in Defense Tech - Is There an Opportunity?

01:09:19 • 3min

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What's Going on With Twitter?

01:12:25 • 3min

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The Challenge for Twitter

01:15:17 • 2min

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The Path to Long-Term Success

01:17:10 • 2min

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Is There a Good Woody Alanism?

01:19:21 • 3min

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Venture Capital Podcast 49th Episode Thank You Eli Gill

01:22:43 • 2min