Top 15 Quotes from Keith Rabois “What you want to find is someone who has a non-zero chance of changing an industry or the world. That's it. It's really that simple.” “You don't wanna be the best in the world at what you do. You wanna be the only one who does what you do.” “Most people are in the middle of the bell curve. Either they don’t have the skill or the ambition to be two standard deviations away. Investing is about finding those people who are.” “You have to find what your comparative advantage is in life, and then double & triple down on it.” “If you look at how almost every successful company was built, it’s heroic effort. And there’s no substitute for that heroic effort in the beginning.” “Communication is only successful if the recipient understands what you’re saying. You don’t blame the recipient for fumbling the ball, you didn’t throw the pass correctly.” “Every successful company is a cult.” “Build a machine so strong that idiots can run it.” (Warren Buffett) “The question I was encountering constantly from founders was: I raised money, I hired a bunch more people, yet I get less done. Why? The answer is barrels, and ammunition. You don’t have more barrels.” “996 was lazy by my standards. At PayPal, 9–9–6 would’ve been an easy week.” “I basically don’t believe in days off, for anything. Work, workouts.” “Stress is not only good for you.. the more stress you have in your life and the more you embrace it, the healthier, more successful, & happier you’ll be.” “From the time I was four years old, I was intellectually curious. My mom loves to tell the story — we had the World Book Encyclopedia & I read every single volume cover to cover.” “I ran out of contrarian takes — they’ve all been proven true.” “I have a lot of energy because I decide to. It’s like an acquired taste. You can teach yourself energy.” @rabois

The FTC shutting down mergers and Figma will be a boon for @ASX @LSEGplc and @tsx_tsxv Wonderful venues for Silicon Valley companies to IPO.

FTC shutting down mega mergers may actually be a net benefit... Big acquirers will have to go earlier. Figma is demonstrably a great company and will be fine. This might open the aperture actually for more speculative acquisitions, before companies are obviously great...

📣 @FiscalNote Launches “FiscalNoteGPT”, a Generative #AI System Built Specifically for the Policy and Regulatory Industry Read the full release: fnlink.co/3OuhmU4 #FiscalNotable

During the first quarter of 2023, local governments grappled with 3 top issues: the growth of #pickleball, new techniques for engaging constituents in the budget process and expanding access to high-speed internet. (@curatesolutions, part of @FiscalNote) fnlink.co/3KMya6I

We are adding support for plugins to ChatGPT — extensions which integrate it with third-party services or allow it to access up-to-date information. We’re starting small to study real-world use, impact, and safety and alignment challenges: openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plug…

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