When you start a company everything is going to feel like a mess. And it really should. If you have too much process, too much predictability, you are probably not innovating fast enough and creatively enough. — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
At first when you start a company, everything's gonna feel like a mess and it really should. It should feel like everyday there's a new problem, and what you're doing is fundamentally triaging. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
You need to simplify the value proposition in the company's metrics for success on a whiteboard. — Keith Rabois Copy Share
If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that they believe… — Keith Rabois Copy Share
Don't accept the excuse of complexity. A lot of people will tell you, this is too challenging, this is too complicated, yeah well I… — Keith Rabois Copy Share
The office environment that people live in and work in, dictates your culture and how people make decisions. — Keith Rabois Copy Share
