Daniel Gross (@danielgross) of Pioneer and Brett Berson (@brettberson) of First Round join Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

• The different types of founders and the different companies they eventually end up building.

• Creating positive feedback loops for aspiring entrepreneurs.

• The psychology of founders, and why at the end of the day they are status and hierarchy maximizers, and why it’s important to find the right hierarchy to maximize within.

• The advice that you can’t truly appreciate until you experience it firsthand.

• The three most harmful structures that keep people from starting companies.

• The best interview questions.

• Why peculiar ways of running a company are celebrated early on, and whether companies succeed because of or in spite of those peculiarities in management.

• Structural changes that could increase the number of founders.

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