September 6 2024
- Founder Mode!!!
- AIS 2024 Lineup Announcements
- Elon!
- Marc Benioff
- Bari Weiss
- Kristen Sinema
- John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs
- Nikesh Arora
- Peter Thiel
- Michael Ovitz (read his book)
- Panels
- Tech
- Robotics
- Jobee, Archer, Whisk
- Gecko Robotics - product demo
- Waymo CEO
- Altos Labs
- CEO Adyen - Ingo
- Megyn Kelly
- Woody Hoburg Astronaut
- Thomas Lafont - Coatue cofounder
- Sponsors
- Accel Events
- Merch.com
- Etc
- Google Cloud $350K per AI startup
- Paul Graham Founder Mode essay
- Brian Chesky YC advice talk
- Inspired by how Jobs ran Apple maybe
- Manager mode vs Founder mode
- There are managers like Nikesh Arora, Shantanu Narayen, Satya Nadella who have created more value than almost all founders bar 1-2
- Similar prior art
- High Output Management - Andy Grove
- Demon mode at Elon’s companies (from Walter Isaacson book)
- How novel is this concept really - but also how true is it
- Silicon Valley ecosystem revolves around Founders
- But Founders aren’t always right
- Leaders have to be able to think from first principles - but not just look for comparables
- Founders have fearlessness and naivete
- Each of them has its own unique path
- Trained managers use prior experience, etc - employing a cookie cutter type model
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni - reading recommendation
- Bolt Ryan Breslow back in the news
- He left a while back
- He called out YC some time back
- New CEO informed investors that another round is being raised
- Is this Founder Mode?
- So what matter is winning
- Was Elizabeth Holmes Founder Mode?
- Need to define the standards better than saying Founders are always right and traditional managers are always wrong
- CA Section 230 ruling
- How will this not lead to more censorship?
- Newspaper editors (taking a position) vs algorithm (giving you more of what you want)
- Example of Elon explaining X algorithm
- Argument that social media encourages negative content is made by people who want to regulate it
- DOJ charges Russians with infiltrating US media company
- Scuttlebutt is that it could be Tenet media
- Should have media diet where the people don’t need the money
- Best thing AllInPod did was no ads
- Putin just announced he wants Kamala to win the race
- No more RussiaGate hoaxes
- Kamala’s economic pivot
- Might just be a tack towards the middle after initial sugar high
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