Auren Hoffman Quotes

the more join keys, the more valuable to dataset

If you are an investor and you are trying to value a dataset, the easiest thing you can do is first recognize how many join keys there are in this dataset that can allow end-users to bring in additional data.

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

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.

One of the weird things about data companies historically is they often failed on one core value: veracity.

As companies rely more and more on data (and build their machine learning models on data), truth is going to be even more important.

a healthy society is one where the growth in the number of players exceeds the growth in the number of referees

one of the most satisfying things in life is marking a Jira ticket as DONE

my goal as an angel investor is to be the company's number one SDR

if data is the new oil, then unstructured data is shale.

because unstructured data is becoming easier and easier to work with

humor more valuable to one's health than exercise

the biggest problem with Gen Z is that they do not use and love email enough

not everything that is 'risky' is dangerous ...
and not everything that is dangerous is 'risky'.
(if you can, avoid the dangerous)

“The company is just too focused and too well aligned”, said no one ever.

Harvard is an asset management business cloaked as a college.
but if you are a start-up, do you want VC money funded by Harvard?

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

summer: always too cold indoors and too hot outdoors
winter: always too hot indoors and too cold outdoors