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Keshav Sharma of Augrade - by Avidan Rudansky

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What if you could create a founder in a lab from the DNA of history's greatest founders? Which traits and from whom would you build this creature? I’d take Elon’s ability to think from first principles, intensity, and execution speed. Elon has a simple rule: giving yourself 6 months to do something, will take you 6 months. But if you give yourself only 3 months, you’ll finish it in 3 months. Jeff Bezos’ thought process around peoples’ problems and his emphasis on writing memos. He views every problem as a people problem. Understanding that principle and solving for it is extremely powerful. Bezos also stresses the importance of writing [memos] rather than any other medium because it’s fundamentally natural and true to humans. Steve Jobs’ marketing ability and the sense that something, anything, is possible. Sergey Brin’s dedication to the product and being in the weeds. For example, with Gemini, Google’s family of multimodal LLMs, he was a core contributor. To note, Brin’s net worth is

What if you could create a founder in a lab from the DNA of history's greatest founders? Which traits and from whom would you build this creature? I’d take Elon’s ability to think from first principles, intensity, and execution speed. Elon has a simple rule: giving yourself 6 months to do something, will take you 6 months. But if you give yourself only 3 months, you’ll finish it in 3 months. Jeff Bezos’ thought process around peoples’ problems and his emphasis on writing memos. He views every problem as a people problem. Understanding that principle and solving for it is extremely…

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