Auren Hoffman Quotes

Founder CEOs tend to be very under-compensated.
once the Founder CEO hits their 4th year, their go-forward comp (cash+stock) is almost ALWAYS 4x lower than what an outside CEO would get.

one of the best ways to evaluate B2B companies is looking at their docs

good UI = good company (they clearly care about the customer)
some of the best = Stripe, Marqeta, Twilio

have ever you noticed that the rich people have the least comfortable couches?
wealth and couch comfort are inversely correlated

Delegation is an act of decentralization.
At least good delegation is.
The person you delegate a task to needs to have agency over the task’s goal and freedom to improvise.

High-EQ leaders might find it harder to transition from a 100 person company (when you can know everyone) to a 1,000 person company.

Their high EQ might have allowed them to get by (at 100 employees) without formal systems to translate their understanding and empathy.

there is no need to have completely uniform HR practices across your company.
each department (eng, marketing, sales, etc.) can be its own mini lab to run experiments … and when they work well, you can roll them out to the entire company

the best way to improve is show someone an example of someone just like them that is slightly better.

don't show me an example of Steph Curry. i'll never be able to shoot a basketball like him. show me an example of someone that is slightly better then me.

AI is going to lead to a baby boom like we have never seen before. expect US exceed to hit 2.5 TFR by 2040

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

it even hurts when you lose a customer that is just 0.1% of your revenue
every loss hurts

you should never use software that is older than you are

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

data business are like the babies of one SaaS parent (like Salesforce), one API parent (like Twilio), and one compute parent (like AWS).

yes -- data businesses have three parents ... they are that weird.

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.

low-EQ CEOs can gain from clearly explaining your thinking to others. This takes out the “guessing game” for your co-workers.
Because people are more likely to misunderstand low-EQ people, you will need to go to greater lengths to show your thinking.