eladgil

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   by eladgil 8y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! To your point Sam had great points as always. The book does get into some of the other issues you mention in other sections. There are only a few pages about "managing in a downturn" (which is literally th
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   by eladgil 8y ago

   Thanks a ton! I think two sections might be most generically interesting or useful: 1. The interviews. There are 14 interviews with Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, Patrick Collison, Joelle Emerson, Erin Fors, Reid Hoffman, Claire Hughes Johnso
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   by eladgil 8y ago

   Sorry for the issue - Stripe's printer is shipping books to Amazon ongoing. You can still order via Amazon - as of now it will just take a few extra days to ship. So not a huge delay if you are willing to wait.
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   by eladgil 8y ago

   "High Growth" in this case means companies that are scaling revenue, team, and complexity of business. Companies included here are meant to be "post product/market fit". In other words, they are selling something th
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   by eladgil 8y ago

   Thanks for the feedback and for taking a look. Outside of financing and M&A, most of the topics in the book are core to most fast growing companies - Silicon Valley or not. They key is whether the company needs to grow rapidly, or is a
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   Interview with Sam Altman from the High Growth Handbook(blog.ycombinator.com)

   188 points by eladgil 8y ago|68 comments
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   by eladgil 9y ago

   Awesome team behind this.
8. 68.▲
   by eladgil 10y ago

   Sorry that is your reaction. Will email you to discuss.
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   by eladgil 10y ago

   It is really a matter of cost and utility. My answer is specific to "germline genetics" - i.e. inherited risk of disease, rather then sequencing a tumor sample or microbiome. [Cost] In order to provide clinical results in a CAP&#x
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    by eladgil 10y ago

    Hi, I am one of the founders of Color and have a Ph.D. from MIT working on cancer genetics before later working at Google and other places. Another founder is an MD and clinical pathologist from UCSF, and then two others have backgrounds in
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    Viral Diversity Study: 16-Fold Increase in # Viral Genes(nature.com)

    2 points by eladgil 10y ago|0 comments
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    by eladgil 10y ago

    Usually for large acquisitions like these the employees are kept on the same vesting schedules they were already on (especially if the company is so young). There is probably additional stock options issued for retention on top of this. So,
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    by eladgil 11y ago

    Color Genomics - Burlingame CA - onsite Experienced frontend, backend, full stack, and data engineers. https://getcolor.com/careers Build the software infrastructure for genetics and genomics. Genetics is at the beginning o
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    by eladgil 11y ago

    Any company can sign up for this by contacting Color here: https://getcolor.com/benefits/employers
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    Color Cancer Test Benefit for All Employees at YC, Slack, Stripe, Instacart(getcolor.com)

    31 points by eladgil 11y ago|7 comments
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    by eladgil 13y ago

    I think it really depends on the company and context. E.g. if it is truly an "acqua-hire" for team members only, it is 4 years. If there is some IP, asset, or expertise thrown in the timeframes can be shorter. It also depends o
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    by eladgil 13y ago

    yeah, i am trying to clean up the formatting now :/ published too soon
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    by eladgil 13y ago

    Well, if they are completely shut down (i.e. server is turned off) they are pretty dead :)
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    by eladgil 13y ago

    I think the value of stealth mode really depends on context. E.g. I think GroupOn's series A created a lot of competition, as VCs all told their portfolio companies to pivot in that direction. http://blog.eladgil.com/
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    Social Products(blog.eladgil.com)

    10 points by eladgil 13y ago|1 comments
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    Dangers Of Pitching VCs Too Early(blog.eladgil.com)

    6 points by eladgil 13y ago|0 comments
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    Entrepreneurial Seductions and Distractions(blog.eladgil.com)

    12 points by eladgil 13y ago|0 comments
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    Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before?(blog.eladgil.com)

    93 points by eladgil 13y ago|41 comments
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    Introduction to the Science and Business of Genomics(skillshare.com)

    3 points by eladgil 14y ago|0 comments
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    PG on Stripe: More Payments Processed In Last 24 Hours Then First 2 Years(twitter.com)

    11 points by eladgil 14y ago|0 comments
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    by eladgil 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback on this. I just added an update.
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    Reference Check Job Candidates(blog.eladgil.com)

    25 points by eladgil 14y ago|49 comments
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    Should You Hire A COO?(blog.eladgil.com)

    30 points by eladgil 14y ago|3 comments
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    by eladgil 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. I agree with your point about "incredibly aware of your market". "Customer-need oriented" I think is great for a sales person. For a great BD person maybe a similar axiom should be phrased as "understand the other
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    How To Hire Great Business Development People(blog.eladgil.com)

    52 points by eladgil 14y ago|11 comments