How to Identify Top 1% Talent (Keith Rabois, Investor in Doordash, YouTube, Airbnb & Lyft)

Founder's Journal

Morning Brew

Careers, Business, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Episode 134: Today, I speak to legendary executive and investor Keith Rabois about his ability to identify top 1% founders and employees. Keith has invested in a billion-dollar business every year for the last 20 years, including Doordash, YouTube, and Lyft. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Paypal, LinkedIn, and Square. We chat about how to find undiscovered talent, hiring barrels, and the two traits of 10X founders. Episode Transcript: https://foundersjournalpod.morningbrew.com/blog/how-to-identify-top-1-talent-keith-rabois-investor-in-doordash-youtube-airbnb-lyft Send us an email and let us know what you think of the idea! [email protected] #FoundersJournal #Startups #Entrepreneur Listen to Founder’s Journal here: https://link.chtbl.com/OV4W93_W Watch Founder’s Journal here: https://www.youtube.com/@FoundersJournal/ Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Follow Alex! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of Founders Journal and the third
0:08.1	episode of Founders Journal rebooted. I'm your host Alex Lieberman co-founder and executive chairman of Morning Group.
0:15.0	As I mentioned last episode, Founders Journal is back and better than ever with a new format that I know you are going to love.
0:22.0	Each week I am going to love.
0:23.0	Each week I am going to curate a world-class entrepreneur and interview them about their one thing,
0:29.2	their one superpower, that one thing that looks effortless to the world, the one thing that
0:34.0	stacks the deck in their favor as they build great businesses. And today's guest
0:38.8	is legendary executive and investor Keith Raboy. Keith is currently a managing director at
0:45.1	Coelaventure which he rejoined after several years investing at Peter Teals
0:49.8	founders fund. While researching for this episode, I heard a crazy stat that Keith has
0:56.7	invested in a billion dollar business every single year for the last 20-something
1:01.7	years and his most notable investments include
1:04.5	Doordash, A Firm, Fair, Strip, Ramp, Avon, YouTube, Airbnb, Palantier, and Lift.
1:13.9	And prior to all of this, he had senior leadership roles
1:17.0	at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square.
1:19.9	This episode, we talk about Keith's one thing, which is his ability to identify top 1%
1:26.0	talent, whether it be founders or employees.
1:29.6	We cover a lot of ground within this topic, including how to find undiscovered talent
1:34.5	hiring barrels versus ammunition the two traits of 10X founders and the biggest
1:40.7	hiring mistakes that founders tend to make.
1:43.4	So without further ado, here's my conversation with Keith Raboy.
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