“We signed.”
It was midnight when these two life-changing words arrived via text message. I sat alone in the punishing glow of my computer monitor. I was exhausted, delirious, and shaking in disbelief. After a 6 year climb, we had reached the summit of the startup mountain. We had sold the company.
It was a treacherous and lonely ascent. Our company, Liveoak, faced near-death experiences, unfamiliar terrain, and a rapidly changing environment. …
Shane Parrish, founder of the fantastic Farnam Street blog, recently hosted Naval Ravikant on his Knowledge Project Podcast. Naval is the CEO & Co-Founder of AngelList, and one of the most interesting thinkers of our time. We’ve compiled some of our favorite learnings below — but the whole episode is a must-listen.
Thinker. Reader. Figuring it out.