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David Sacks is a Silicon Valley legend, former COO of PayPal, Co-Founder of Yammer, and Managing Partner of Craft Ventures. We spoke with David on our 60th podcast episode about what he learned in his 20s. Actionable Insights It’s about the idea, not the trend. To David Sacks, too many founders follow…

Kati Quigley is the Senior Director of Global Industry Marketing at Microsoft. Many people want to land that high-paying tech industry job at Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the like. This makes these jobs incredibly competitive and requires applicants to do things that help them stand out from the crowd. …

Eric Bahn is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist based in the bay area. He is currently the co-founder and general partner at The Hustle Fund. Follow him on Twitter @ericbahn At a glance. Eric Bahn began his career as customer support agent at Intuit. He cut his teeth as a Product Manager at…

Lessons. Learn in your 20s, earn in your 30s. Spend your early years building a specific skill stack that you can then compound and monetize. Remove “I can’t” or “I don’t like” from your vocabulary. If you only do things that you like to do then you aren’t really growing. Consistency…

Lessons from Jason. Create, don’t wait. Just about every entrepreneur has created tons of projects that have failed and were forgotten. You only need one success to make an entire career, so just keep creating. Stick with it. Most companies don’t fail because they run out of money, or they have a bad…

It’s actually quite simple. So let’s say you just heard about this new project and you want to invest. Unfortunately, and probably unsurprisingly, it is not listed on your exchange of choice. Or perhaps you do find it on an exchange you use, but it would require you to…