Keith RaboisManaging Director, Khosla Ventures

The ONE founder trait that always gets funding

Name: The *ONE* founder trait that always gets funding
Uploaded: 2023-06-29T15:58:32+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Keith Rabois
Description: The one founder trait that gets funding is a disruptive personality, a kind of screw loose that lets you see what others miss and ignore the rules. Only…

29 Jun 2023 · 0 min

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The one founder trait that gets funding is a disruptive personality, a kind of screw loose that lets you see what others miss and ignore the rules. Only disruptive people build disruptive companies.

I think that turning a bug into a feature is a very common formulation. So for example, I think on the founder traits, for example, I think I have this expression, only disruptive people create disruptive companies. So you have to have a screw loose somewhere to create an iconic company. You have to see things that other people don't see, or you have to ignore things that other people think are laws of physics. And so that tends to be people who have a bit of a sort of disruptive personality.