Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Keith Rabois, Partner at Founders Fund and ex-COO of Square

10 Jun 2019 · 26 min
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Keith Rabois, a VC partner who was COO at Square and Stripe, explains how early team composition can boost a startup's odds of success from 30-40% to much higher. He maps core business risks to specific hires, uses seed checks of $1-3M to influence team formation early, and shares how a mentorship program at Square turned five engineers into technical leads.

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