Auren Hoffman Quotes

All great product people can do BD.
And all great BD people can do product.

advice to job seekers: Looking for a job is a full-time job. devote at least 60-hours-a-week to it if you can

rule #1 to be happy: never assume someone is saying something critical of you unless they explicitly state it

venture capital is actually team sport.
the Midas Award goes to a person, not a firm. that’s insane and will change.

value of human life is a tough concept, but it’s a reality that exists and easy to see in the data (what gov spends for safety improvements, etc)

a statistical life in the US is worth about $10m….the value of a life in a poor country is about $100,000. 100x difference.

Even five years ago, very few companies were equipped to leverage external data. Most companies still did not analyze their own data!

But as companies get better and better at finding insights in their internal data, they will look externally for data more and more.

downers are worse for society than uppers. downers allow people to be victims. uppers have problems too -- but they are net-net better than downers.
caffeine > alcohol
adderal > marijuana

data is like an impressionist painting: What looks cohesive from afar is actually extremely chaotic up close

Recognizing faces tends to be highly correlated with high-EQ. These people tend to be better at reading non-verbal cues.
People who are good at recognizing faces tend to also stare at faces longer and have more of a natural ability to connect with people.

Gen X is the punching bag generation
it is the generation that everyone else equally hates ... and yet it will likely be the one that is called upon to steer us out the mess

all meetings should have agendas.
and all calendar invites should have a link to the agenda doc.

Low-EQ leaders need to rely on emotional translators. They can entrust other high-EQ executives with translation and interpretation. They can tell you when someone does X, they really mean Y.

never higher someone that has "Senior Architect" as their current title into your start-up

no need to hold grudges, but ok to keep a list of everyone that has stiffed you (even if it was just a dollar) and never, ever do business with them again

the most valuable seed investors are the ones doling out AWS credits like candy