Experience is valuable, and storytelling is crucial for a founder to attract talent and investment. Great engineers are not as rare as great ideas, and the ability to articulate a compelling story around an idea is critical. Technical aptitude is important, but the capability to attract talent to a problem and build a team is more vital. The ability to rally a team and attract talent around a powerful idea is impressive, as seen in the example of Neuralink's brain computer interface technology. Finding real problems that people are motivated to solve is the essence of startup success and life in general.
Ed speaks with Ryan Petersen, the founder and CEO of Flexport, a supply chain management company. They discuss logistics, the company’s $8 billion valuation, finding fame as an entrepreneur, and how Ryan thinks about money.
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