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“It was like a car wreck.” Here’s @APompliano on what happened when he hired for credentials: “We brought in somebody from [these big companies with great resumes] who is used to lots of resources. Everything is risk management...a big bureaucratic process. And then you put them into an environment where people are like, we have an idea at 9:00, we’re trying to launch it by 10:30. Those two things, it’s like oil and water... Those people are great at doing what they do in their environment.…
"Do you know what it's like to wake up one day and have a trillion dollar company compete with you?" Here's my new episode with @APompliano, who I worked with a decade ago at Facebook. Since then, he's had an incredible career as an investor, creator with 3M+ followers, author, and now founder of Silvia, an AI CFO for independent investors. Pomp and I had a great chat about: → How he built his extraordinary career → How AI startups can build durable moats and compete with the top AI labs → How he hires AI-native talent Some quotes from Pomp: "I went to these big companies to hire people with great resumes. Every one of those people were amazing, but it was like a car wreck." "With financial questions, people are scared of being judged or don't want to come off as dumb. With AI, you can ask anything." "My version of an extraordinary life? Work hard, solve interesting problems, and set an example for my 4 kids." 📌 Watch now: https://youtu.be/JXHStIulntQ Thanks to our sponsor: @RiversidedotFM: All-in-one AI studio for podcasts and video https://creators.riverside.com/PeterYang