Mindset & Career — Foundry
Articles about mindset & career from the best founders and investors.
62 articles
Elon Musk on Failure: What Matters Is Your Batting Average
— Elon Musk
Shopify's CEO: You Don't Want Competitors. You Want Rivals.
— Tobi Lutke
Palmer Luckey: Stop Arguing With Luddites. Just Build the Future.
— Palmer Luckey
Shopify's CEO Thinks Companies Are the Greatest Social Hack Ever Invented
— Tobi Lutke
James Dyson Made 5,127 Failed Prototypes. He Enjoyed Every One.
— James Dyson
Jeff Bezos Says Innovation Is Simple. Just Not Easy.
— Jeff Bezos
Sam Altman: Most People Don't Take Enough Risk. And They Regret It Forever.
— Sam Altman
Scott Belsky: The Messy Middle Is Where Every Startup Goes to Get Tested
— Scott Belsky
Naval Ravikant: Inspiration Is Perishable. Act on It Now or Lose It Forever.
— Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant on Elon Musk: He Put $100M in SpaceX, $80M in Tesla, Then Borrowed Money for Rent
— Naval Ravikant
Justine Musk: Visionaries Make Lousy Husbands. But They Bring Light to the Dark.
— Justine Musk
Ben Horowitz Told Columbia Graduates to Stop Following Their Passion
— Ben Horowitz
Marc Andreessen Says We Should Stop Encouraging People to Be Entrepreneurs
— Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen Wrote a 5,000-Word Love Letter to Technology
— Marc Andreessen
Steve Jobs Says Half the Battle Is Just Not Quitting
— Steve Jobs
Peter Thiel Says Your Resume Is Ruining Your Life
— Peter Thiel
Zuckerberg's Advice to 19-Year-Olds: Don't Commit Until It's Working
— Mark Zuckerberg
Paul Graham's Advice for Getting Startup Ideas: Stop Trying
— Paul Graham
Sam Altman: This Is Probably the Best Time — Maybe Ever — to Be Starting Your Career
— Sam Altman
Peter Thiel: I Lasted 7 Months at a Law Firm. A Colleague Called It 'Escaping from Alcatraz.'
— Peter Thiel
Whole Foods' Founder: Vegans Called Him a Hypocrite. He Built a $13B Company.
— John Mackey
The Return on Learning to Code Is Doubling Every Six Months
Naval Ravikant: Try to Be One of the People Who Creates Things
— Naval Ravikant
Palmer Luckey Has Never Had an Original Idea. Science Fiction Beat Him to Everything.
— Palmer Luckey
Marc Andreessen: Every Revolutionary Technology Was Laughed At First
— Marc Andreessen
Palmer Luckey: Starting a Company at 19 Isn't Brave. You Have Nothing to Lose.
— Palmer Luckey
Larry Ellison Reveals the Real Test for Being the Next Steve Jobs
— Steve Jobs
Marc Andreessen: Stop Chasing Happiness. Chase Satisfaction Instead.
— Marc Andreessen
Aaron Levie's 5 Rules for Startup Founders (Rule 4: If You're Comfortable, You're Doing It Wrong)
— Aaron Levie
Zuckerberg: Don't Start a Company Until You Can't Stop Yourself
— Mark Zuckerberg
Jensen Huang's Graduation Speech: 'I Wish You Pain and Suffering'
— Jensen Huang
Pinterest's Ben Silbermann Changed Apple Store Computers to Say 'Pinterest' and Pretended to Be Impressed
— Ben Silbermann
Patrick Collison: In Your 20s, Find a Place With High Standards. That Changes Everything.
— Patrick Collison
Doug Leone: The Best Deals Are Win-Win. Founders Who Maximize Only for Themselves Have No Long-Term Perspective.
— Doug Leone
Jeff Bezos: The Regret Minimization Framework That Made Him Quit His Job
Eric Schmidt: Above a Certain Income, Money Stops Making You Happier
— Eric Schmidt
Peter Thiel: Always Value Substance Over Status. I Escaped Alcatraz to Learn That.
— Peter Thiel
Marc Andreessen's Advice to College Students: Join the Hottest Company First
— Marc Andreessen
Paul Graham: The Way to Get Startup Ideas Is Not to Try to Think of Startup Ideas
— Paul Graham
Jony Ive: Why Curiosity Beats Everything
— Jony Ive
Naval Ravikant: Tame Your Mind or It Will Destroy You
— Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant: The Single Most Important Indicator of a Founder's Success
— Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant: Networking Is Overrated
— Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant: You Only Have to Be Right Once
— Naval Ravikant
Jensen Huang: I Wish Upon You Plenty of Pain and Suffering
— Jensen Huang
Naval Ravikant: Long-Term Mentality Is the Single Most Important Indicator of Success
— Naval Ravikant
Jensen Huang: I Wouldn't Build NVIDIA Again
— Jensen Huang
Marc Andreessen: Every Innovator Eventually Starts to Like the Taste of Their Own Blood
— Marc Andreessen
Bill Gates Ripped the Radio Out of His Car. Michael Moritz Explains Why.
— Bill Gates
Marc Andreessen: Every Great Innovator Learns to Like the Taste of Their Own Blood
— Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen: Every Innovator Eventually Learns to Like the Taste of Their Own Blood
— Marc Andreessen
Peter Thiel: If You Were Joining a Startup, Here's What to Look For
— Peter Thiel
Naval Ravikant: A Few Hundred People in a Room Can Change Everything
— Naval Ravikant
Sam Altman Tracked Founder Qualities for Years. Here Is What Actually Matters.
— Sam Altman
Ev Williams: What He Admires Most in Founders Like Larry Page and Reed Hastings
— Larry Page
Peter Thiel: The University System Today Is Like the Catholic Church Circa 1500
— Peter Thiel
John Collison: The World's Best Chess Player Also Knows the Most Chess Trivia. That's Not a Coincidence.
— Patrick Collison
Naval Ravikant: The Common Thread Across Every Great Founder He Has Backed
— Naval Ravikant
Steve Jobs: A Computer Has Always Been a Bicycle for the Mind
— Steve Jobs
Ev Williams: What He Admires Most in Reed Hastings Is the Willingness to Destroy His Own Business
— Ev Williams
Bill Gurley: How to Become a World-Class Entrepreneur
— Bill Gurley
David Sacks: Why Most Founders Get Distribution Completely Wrong
— David Sacks