There's so much innovation going on, and there are lots of people funding that innovation, but there's very little innovation on that infrastructure for innovation itself, so we like to do that ourselves to help companies create more tech companies. — Naval Ravikant Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress. — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
“A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought — they must be earned.” — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
Nation states that are used to imposing capital controls will face a quandary: ban cryptocurrencies and live in the technology dustbin; enable them, and… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
Cryptocurrencies are an emergent property of the Internet - almost a fifth protocol in the Internet suite. If Satoshi Nakomoto did not exist, it… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
Our model is very, very different to LinkedIn. We only deal with very small companies. We don't have any support for recruiters. In fact,… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
I think almost everything about humans and human civilization is explained better by evolution than anything else. — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
One philosophy I have at AngelList is I would rather have someone working on the wrong thing and do it their way and be… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
“I don't actually read a lot of books. I pick up a lot of books and only get through a few, which form the… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
Getting in the middle of financial transactions is a regulatory minefield. — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
In an ideal world, you raise a lot of money and then there is a downturn, before you start investing so you get better… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
If you go to a venture firm, what you're doing is you're buying money from them in exchange for equity. They have a commodity… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
Startups often want to control the timing of their financing announcement and prefer not to reveal amounts raised for competitive reasons. If more of… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
We are seeing a lot of cases where the startups are writing the term sheet, dictating the terms, selling common stock instead of preferred… — Naval Ravikant Copy Share
