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PG's goal is to make money. Period. It may give you the warm and fuzzies to believe that he's trying to find passionate people, but without a profitable idea,
by rick888 16y ago
PG's goal is to make money. Period. It may give you the warm and fuzzies to believe that he's trying to find passionate people, but without a profitable idea, the rest doesn't really matter.
These questions matter because PG doesn't want people that don't work together well (which will cause unneeded drama and destroy the company internally), and that they will have the drive to continue on the current project and not give up (there are many people that jump around to 1000 different projects or give up easily). It's merely a way to increase his chances of ROI, which isn't a bad thing.
- philwelch 16y agoI don't think there's any dispute over why an investor invests. The point is that investing in people is a more effective means to that end than investing in ideas, that autobiographical questions are asked in the process, and that discussing the idea also functions as a way to evaluate a candidate as a person.