Auren Hoffman Quotes

rule #2 to be happy: always assume that everyone you meet likes you unless that explicitly tell you otherwise

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

99% of people want to start a company
but just 1% of people really want to run a company

sometimes you meet a super smart charismatic entrepreneur, but you cannot understand their business.

100% of those times, I've lost money as an investor.

The more connected a dataset is to other data elements, the more valuable it is. And the easier it is to link your data, the more valuable it becomes. The reason for this is simple: data is only as useful as the questions it can help answer. Joining, linking, and graphing datasets together allows one to ask more and different kinds of questions.

all dinners parties should have one-conversation. any dinner that is not one-conversation is not worth going to and not worth hosting — those dinners are rarely ever good.

a one-conversation dinner party needs a moderator who keeps the conversation going, asks good questions, and cuts people off from boring others. a moderator is ESSENTIAL.

you will truly understand the power of incentives by giving a fitbit to a 6-year-old and watch how much more active they are.

too much introspection is very harmful
the more time you spend thinking about yourself, the less happy you are.
simple solution: spend more time thinking about other people.

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

The most important thing about data, which people often forget, is that it has to be true.
Truth beats everything.

You can’t build a good model with data that is just 65% accurate

the most predictive metric to predict someone's success is the number of hours they work hard

best answer to rote interview question:
“my greatest weakness is having to to point out that the question, “what is your greatest weakness?”, is a bad question. like what were you actually trying to accomplish with this question? have you gotten any real insightful answers?”

Old ponzi: steal from reputable charities
New ponzi: steal from international criminal cartels

it is not in the founder handbook, but one of the main jobs of being a founder is just being a good SDR

the biggest mistake most people make when they hire someone talented – they delegate too much, too quickly. Remember, each thing that you delegate takes your time (and the time of the person you delegated to).