The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The office environment that people work in everyday dictates the culture that you are going to be in. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The people that work with you should generally come up with their own initiatives. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
It's actually a good thing if you do reference checks on somebody and half the people you call say they are a… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
So that's your job too, to clarify and simplify for everybody on your team. The more you simplify the better people will… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Some people can't learn to play the guitar by reading a book. You have to actually try to manage a bit and… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Create tools that enable people to make decisions at the same level, ideally, of fidelity that that you would make them yourself. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Transparency people talk a lot about, it's a goal everybody ascribes to but when push comes to shove, very few people actually… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Most people would agree that the details matter when it faces the user. But where the real debate is on things that… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Building a company is basically taking all the irrational people you know... Putting them in one building and then living with them… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Most people will solve the problems they know how to solve. Roughly speaking they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems.… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The more you simplify, the better people will perform. People can not understand and keep track of a long complicated set of… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Most people, most great people even are ammunition. But what you need in your company are barrels. You can only shoot through… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
I don't believe ever in shared office spaces. Peter talks a little bit about this, every good startup is a cult. It's… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Barrels are very difficult to find. But when you have them, give them lots of equity. Promote them, take them to dinner… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The key to culture is it's a framework for making decisions. And if it's baked into your culture, people learn how to make decisions… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Transparency people talk a lot about, it's a goal everybody ascribes to but when push comes to shove, very few people actually adhere to… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
It's easy to shortcut when you get busy explaining the why's of the world, but it's very important to try. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
Being a venture capitalist to me is like being more of a psychologist. So if you come to my office we have two chairs… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
You need to simplify the value proposition in the company's metrics for success on a whiteboard. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
