Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, … - Keith Rabois

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I've been through so much in my life. I've seen so much. I know how fast things can change. I know someone can be here one minute and gone the next.

Keith Rabois

Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner every week, because they are virtually irreplaceable because they are also very culturally specific. So a barrel at one company may not be a barrel at another company. One of the ways, the definition of a barrel is, they can take an idea from conception and take it all the way to shipping and bring people with them.

Dinner, Equity, Giving, Ideas, People

Same Author Quotes

The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions.

Culture, Decision, Office, People, Work

Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.

Believe, Effort, Example, Lead

The companies I have traditionally seen do best over the long term had lead investors for their seed rounds

Company, Investors, Long, Seen, Term

You can build the most important companies in history with a very simple to describe concept. You can market products in less than 50 characters. There is no reason why you can't build your company the same way. So force yourself to simplify every initiative, every product, every marketing, everything you do. Basically take out that red and start eliminating stuff.

Character, Marketing, Products, Red, Simple, Stuff

I walk into a company office and I can tell often whether I'm gonna invest, as soon as I walk in.

Company, Gonna, Office, Tell, Walks